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Australian wildfires kill 96 as floods bring crocs to town
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090208/ts_afp/australiaweatherfire
Unfortunately, the death toll is expected to rise and others are discovered.
Victoria is facing perhaps the worst drought in history. Temperatures are reaching 117°F (47°C)
Meanwhile - cyclonic rains are battering Queensland (NE Oz)
Update: 108 killed in deadliest-ever Australian wildfires
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090208/ap_on_re_au_an/as_australia_wildfires
My mom talk to family back there, and they said the count was up to 120 killed.
Healesville has a wonderful wildlife sanctuary, which is home to many of indigenous animals. It is just east of Marysville, and apparently at risk.
http://www.zoo.org.au/HealesvilleSanctuary
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090208/ts_afp/australiaweatherfire
Unfortunately, the death toll is expected to rise and others are discovered.
. . . . more than 700 houses destroyed by the fires, some of which have been blamed on arsonists.
The devastating fires have affected around 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 square miles) -- an area larger than Luxembourg or nearly three times the size of Hong Kong!
Victoria is facing perhaps the worst drought in history. Temperatures are reaching 117°F (47°C)
Marie Jones said she was staying at a friend's house in Kinglake, where at least 18 people perished, when a badly burnt man arrived with his infant daughter saying his wife and other child had been killed.
"He was so badly burnt," she told the Melbourne Age's website.
"He had skin hanging off him everywhere and his little girl was burnt, but not as badly as her dad, and he just came down and he said 'Look, I've lost my wife, I've lost my other kid, I just need you to save (my daughter)'."
Meanwhile - cyclonic rains are battering Queensland (NE Oz)
. . . . , two people were missing after their car was swept away -- and a crocodile is believed to have taken a boy.
"The boy was walking with his seven-year-old brother earlier this morning when he followed his dog into floodwaters," police said in a statement.
"He disappeared in the water and his brother saw a large crocodile in the vicinity of his disappearance."
Update: 108 killed in deadliest-ever Australian wildfires
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090208/ap_on_re_au_an/as_australia_wildfires
My mom talk to family back there, and they said the count was up to 120 killed.
Healesville has a wonderful wildlife sanctuary, which is home to many of indigenous animals. It is just east of Marysville, and apparently at risk.
http://www.zoo.org.au/HealesvilleSanctuary
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