Australian Wildfires: Worst Ever

(12/02/09)

• The fires near Melbourne in southeastern Australia destroyed more than 750 homes, left 5,000 people homeless, and burned 850 square miles (2,200 square kilometers) of land. • Whole forests were reduced to leafless, charred trunks. • Farmland was in ashes    Click here to download a PowerPoint Presentation with more details on this Event