Australia has been struggling with brush fires for a while now. New South Wales is getting most of the attention, but South Australia and the southern part of Western Australia are also dealing with massive fires and extended heat.
A Siegel's Diary from earlier today (US time)
From news.com.au
General information on fire preparation from CFA
Twitter feeds:
CFA (Victoria)
New South Wales Rural Fire Service twitter feed
Most areas are getting a bit of a break-temperatures are down in a lot of areas this morning-but the heat is expected to spike back up to the 40s by the weekend. Some of these fires have been set by arsonists.
New South Wales
Local reporting live blog
LVictoria's Southwest
New South Wales Rural Fire Service map of active fires
Brief relief before heat is on again-NSW
Hunter valley
Dean's Gap
Blaze near Ballarat
Queensland
Queensland has missed most of the heat but that is about to change:
Mercury rising in Queensland
Tasmania
Tasmania gallery
General news links:
Canberra Times
New Zealand Herald