Victoria Burns

Victoria Burns

Saturday was the hottest Melbourne day on record, it reached 46.4 degrees (115.5 F) in the city and was hotter elsewhere in the state. Marysville has been destroyed, every building in the main street gone. Kinglake was hit hard too and there are still fires burning out of control across the state. Last night it was reported that one fire had an 80km wide front. I heard the death toll was up to 108 this afternoon but they expect that could double. My heart goes out to everyone affected by these terrible fires, it's just devastating.

And as suddenly as the heat was upon us on Saturday, just as suddenly the cool change came and without rain the temperature dropped dramatically in the evening. I have heard that in 24 hours the temperature dropped 30 degrees and that hasn't been recorded anywhere else in the world.

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