Australia Wildfires Scorch Australia As Temperatures Reach Record Highs Jan. 09, 2013

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Tammy Holmes shelters her grandchildren Charlotte Walker, 2, Esther Walker, 4, Liam Walker, 9, Matilda, 11, and Caleb Walker, 6, under a jetty as a wildfire rages nearby in Dunalley, Australia, Jan. 4, 2013. This photo was taken by Tammy Holme's husband Tim Holmes.

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A water bomber plane drops its load over fires in Richmond Tasmania Bushfires, Australia on Jan. 3 2012

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Firefighters continue to hose around a tree that survived a grass fire in Oura, near Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, Australia on Jan. 8, 2013.

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A severely burnt sheep stands in a paddock near Bookham outside of Yass, in New South Wales, Australia, Jan. 9 2013. An estimated 10,000 sheep have died in the New South Wales bushfires

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The singed earth of Bungendore, Australia on Jan.9 2012. Crews continue to fight blazes today, taking advantage of the improved conditions ahead fire danger conditions predicted later in the week.

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Thick smoke rises from a burning property in the Dunalley Tasmania Bushfires, Australia on Jan. 4 2013

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Bushfires in Australia are seen from the International Space Station, Jan. 2, 2013.

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Tammy Holmes, second left, takes shelter with her grandchildren, from left, Charlotte Walker, 2, Esther Walker, 4, Liam Walker, 9, Matilda, 11, and Caleb Walker, 6, under a jetty as a wildfire rages nearby in Dunalley, Australia, Jan. 4, 2013.

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