Bushfires

Australian bush-fires have killed at least 181 people so far and burnt hundred of homes in the worst fire disaster in history, as a heatwave and strong winds sent sheets of flame racing through towns and farmland near Melbourne.
The fires, which started from February 7 and have affected an area of more than 3,000 sq.km., also left hundreds of people homeless and many properties totally destroyed.
Scientists causioned against attributing the bush-fires themselves to global warming, they said changing conditions from rising temperatures are having an impact. Due to changes in the climate, the high risk of fires has increased. The dry conditions and the devastating fires bolster their campaign to push the world's governments to move faster on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.