Birds Drop From Trees as Temperatures Soar in Western Australia Outback

One of Australia’s hottest towns has sweltered through a brutal four-week stretch of daily maximum temperatures above 41C that has caused birds to fall from trees. The temperature peaked at 45C in Marble Bar, in northwest Western Australia on Jan. 12, with suggestions the record books would soon be rewritten if the hot spell continued. Caravan park manager Cath Nation said the extreme heat was tough on the outback town and most people retreated indoors by about 9am each day to escape it. The wildlife hasn’t been so lucky. “We’ve got birds dropping out of trees,” she told AAP....