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Record Heat Fuels Widespread Fires in Australia
2013-01-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Australia on Wednesday was grappling with an unprecedented heat wave that has sparked raging bushfires across some of the countrys most populated regions pushing firefighters to their limits, residents to their wits end and leaving meteorologists tracking the soaring temperatures into uncharted territory. Four months of record-breaking temperatures stretching back to September of last year have combined over the past week with widespread drought conditions and high winds to create what the government...
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