Fog Blog World Log: Australian Wild Fires:

WILDFIRES IN AUSTRALIA'S EAST AND WEST COAST ARE SET TO WORSEN!.....

Wildfires ravaging Australia’s parched east and west coasts are set to worsen as lightning strikes from dry storms combine with rising temperatures and winds to aggravate conditions for firefighters already struggling with more than 100 blazes.

Fifty-six fires were burning in New South Wales as of Sunday morning with 27 yet to be contained, the state Rural Fire Service said. In Queensland, the Darling Downs and Granite Belt regions face extreme danger, with about 70 fires across the state.