Victoria on Fire

Victoria is on Fire! The newspaper said "Australia has Witnessed its greatest natural disaster. Only in wartime has the toll of dead and wounded been greater." So far they have found 135 people dead and expect to find at least a hundred more. It was the hottest day in the history of Victoria when the fire started. It has been in the hundreds. It rained a little the other day and the heat has dropped. The winds were strong and drove the fires so fast the people could not get out. People didn't even know the fire was coming their way in some instances. Whole towns have been burned down. These areas have lots of trees.

North Queensland has been having flooding and lost lots of livestock, farms, homes, etc.

New South Wales has fires also but not near us and not as bad. This 100 plus temp. is awful.