Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
?A CATASTROPHE?: WHY 100,000 DEAD BATS RAINED DOWN ON AUSTRALIA ? AND A WARNING TO LOCALS
Jan. 9, 2014 8:56am Liz Klimas
While the United States in the northern hemisphere is just beginning to thaw from record-breaking frigid temperatures, on the other side of the world in the southern hemisphere, Australia is experiencing an entirely different problem ? a heat wave.
The heat is so severe that it has already caused up to 100,000 bats to die under stress, littering the ground and alarming authorities who warn locals not to touch the animals for fear of infection.
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Weather forecasters in Australia said some parts of the sparsely populated Pilbara region along the rugged northwest coast on Thursday were approaching 122 degrees Fahrenheit. The record high of 123.3 F was set in 1960 in Oodnadatta, South Australia state.
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http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...ed-down-on-australia-and-a-warning-to-locals/
Jan. 9, 2014 8:56am Liz Klimas
While the United States in the northern hemisphere is just beginning to thaw from record-breaking frigid temperatures, on the other side of the world in the southern hemisphere, Australia is experiencing an entirely different problem ? a heat wave.
The heat is so severe that it has already caused up to 100,000 bats to die under stress, littering the ground and alarming authorities who warn locals not to touch the animals for fear of infection.
...
Weather forecasters in Australia said some parts of the sparsely populated Pilbara region along the rugged northwest coast on Thursday were approaching 122 degrees Fahrenheit. The record high of 123.3 F was set in 1960 in Oodnadatta, South Australia state.
...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...ed-down-on-australia-and-a-warning-to-locals/