The last time it reached 115°

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January 13th, 1939 was the last time Melbourne reached the temperature it has been today: 46.4° C (115.5&deg Fahrenheit). That day the Great Dividing Range burst into flames, killing 71 people, destroying towns, devastating hundreds of families. Today, the fires are raging, too.

Update: High winds, record temperatures and fire have created a horrible reprise of the 1939 disaster: possibly 40 people killed by fire yesterday.

Posted on 02/07 at 05:45 PM.


Tags for this entry: climate temperature victoria bushfire

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