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Over the weekend, Australia experienced its worst natural disaster in history! There were many sweltering hot days during the week, however on Saturday the temperature reached 119 degrees fahrenheit (48 celsius). That’s when most of the fires started, it was not just one fire, many small fires grew bigger, and bigger.

 Firefighters flew to Victoria from all around Australia. Tragically, 181 people have died, and there are still some fires out of control. On the TV, radio and newspapers we are hearing interviews about people who lost their homes, neighbours and friends. Many people have been donating money to those who lost their family and homes. Our school is having a dress up day and people will bring $2 or more to donate to the bushfire victims.

This is a satellite image of the state as the bush fires swept over it on the weekend. You can see little red patches, they are the fires.

These images are from ABC Victoria and Google.

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2 comments February 13th, 2009