Australia Has its Hottest September as Fire Threat Grows (via Climate Central)By Brian Kahn Follow @blkahn Winter may just be ending in Australia, but temperatures are already summerlike. September was one for the record books, with hot temperatures that baked the country from the outback to the coasts and made this the hottest…
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