熱浪來襲，好多無尾熊向人要水喝。 @ A Perfect Day

最近澳洲天氣頗怪，昆士蘭北部因為暴風雨淹水，半個昆士蘭州都在水裡（淹水面積達一百萬平方公里，接近三十個台灣）。但是澳州的東南部一帶（含South Australia、Victoria、New South Wales三州），卻是熱浪來襲，尤其Victoria州（墨爾本在這州）部分地區高達46度，墨爾本也達到了43度，澳洲媒體稱為百年來的熱浪。真的太熱了，熱到電力輸送的變壓交換所的機器也爆炸，因此大停電。熱浪甚至引發野火，燒毀了數十間房屋；同時也有數十多人熱死。

目前維多利亞州的大火已經摧毀了數百間房子（現已朝向人為縱火方向調查），受災面積超過了兩個倫敦廣達數千平方公里，因此而喪生的人數已經逼近兩百人。2月9日所有澳州的報紙皆以頭條新聞報導世紀性的澳洲大火。

更新訊息：（2009-02-26 updated)

目前已知有兩千多棟房子被燒毀，喪生人數兩百多人。至於其中一處大火可能遭到縱火的嫌犯已經被抓到。大火有好幾處，一直在燃燒著；大約在幾天前，因為大風的關係，使得大火燃燒的區域再度擴大。目前澳洲政府已經將2月7日訂為國殤日，此後每年2月7日都會降辦旗紀念。

消防人員救火時，還發現受困的無尾熊，消防隊員將自己的水拿給無尾熊喝。

(Photo By Associated Press)

除了大火之外，至於天氣有多熱？就讓這些無尾熊告訴你。

1.熱到無尾熊跑到人家的家裡要水喝。

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Photos from

http://www.babble.com.au/2009/02/06/friday-cute-shot-how-much-can-a-koala-bear/

2.熱到跑到路邊向騎單車的人要水喝。

http://australia.today.com/2009/02/06/koalas-desperate-its-too-darn-hot/

Koala's Desperate - Its Too Darn Hot!

Published by Lis Sowerbutts at 11:12 am under Australia News, Australia Photos Edit This

At Australia News we try to avoid the cute animal stories but Koalas begging a drink from humans …- how cute is this, but sad too - this is a desperate Koala! Highly unusual - I looked hard because I suspected photoshop- Koala’s just don’t do this - but as far as I can tell its for real!

The Eastern states have been sweltering in 40+ temperatures for weeks now - even notoriously fickle Melbourne weather has set new records, Adelaide has been hotter than usual - and fatally so - the morgue is filled up with heat-related deaths “dying to get cold” is a bit bad taste I agree!

If you’ve never experenced such extreme weather take care of your domestic pets - birds die in the wild from heat exhaustion so keep pet birds in the shade and make sure dogs don’t burn their paws on hot pavements.

But the Koala photos - well they are extraordinary if true - Koala’s sleep around 23 hours a day - and seldom move very far - so to see them on the road is amazing in the first place.

3.還有很多無尾熊到處要水喝