Australia Burning

Australia, in the midst of an 'epic drought', has recently had a more hellish emergency to deal with. Record breaking wildfires reaching 4 stories in height and racing on winds that overtook people escaping in their cars have destroyed towns and killed up to 200 people and counting.

• Time Magazine has an article that links the fires to Climate Change.
  
• TreeHugger has a piece about the link to Climate Change.
• SkyNews has a slide show of the fires and the devastation.
• The Guardian also has a slide show of photos

Australia isn't the only country facing severe drought.

• Argentina looks likely to lose $5million due to drought this year alone.
• China 'declares a drought emergency'
  
• South Asia is facing a water crisis of massive proportions

"Few extreme events are as economically and ecologically disruptive as drought" NOAA