Australia: Nineteen die as the blast of summer begins to take its toll
By | Published: January 31, 2009
Australian: AT least 19 people have died, power has been cut to hundreds of thousands of homes and city transport systems have been brought to their knees as a record-setting heatwave continues to bake much of southeast Australia. As the mercury climbed to 43.1C in Adelaide and a near-record 45.1C in Melbourne yesterday, bushfires cut blackened swaths through eastern Victoria. At least 11 homes were destroyed at Boolarra North, southeast of Melbourne, as the state experienced its third …
Australia: Nineteen die as the blast of summer begins to take its toll
Australian: AT least 19 people have died, power has been cut to hundreds of thousands of homes and city transport systems have been brought to their knees as a record-setting heatwave continues to bake much of southeast Australia. As the mercury climbed to 43.1C in Adelaide and a near-record 45.1C in Melbourne yesterday, bushfires cut blackened swaths through eastern Victoria. At least 11 homes were destroyed at Boolarra North, southeast of Melbourne, as the state experienced its third …
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