Record Heat Fuels Widespread Fires in Australia

New York Times: Australia on Wednesday was grappling with an unprecedented heat wave that has sparked raging bushfires across some of the country's 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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