Australia Wildfires Extract A Heavy Toll In Lives, Land
Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 19:14
in Earth & Climate
Satellite images of Australia's severe wildfires show the global transport of their pollution, extent of the devastation and the fires still burning as of Feb. 17. The bushfires burning in Victoria Australia have claimed almost 200 lives, destroyed more than 1,800 homes and scorched more than 1,500 square miles (3,900 square kilometers).
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