Well, it is only the beginning of the symptoms.
Check that:
Disappearing world: Global warming claims tropical island
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2099971.ece
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Australian towns braced ahead of fresh Wild fire onslaught*


MANSFIELD, Australia, Dec 21 (AFP) Dec 21, 2006


The embattled residents of several Australian towns ringed by wildfires

braced to defend their homes Thursday as rising temperatures and winds
sparked a renewed onslaught.


Fire authorities said the blazes that had so far burnt out more than
800,000 hectares in Victoria state, the worst hit region this bushfire
season, were now so huge an expected wind change could severely worsen
conditions.


A total fire ban has been issued for the whole of the state with the
mercury expected to hit the mid-30s and northerly winds gusting up to
45
kilometres (28 miles) an hour.


"They (the firefighters) are just so sure that the fire will jump
containment lines if the wind picks up as predicted," a spokesman for
the state's Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) said.


Fire was expected Thursday to burn right up to the Mount Buller ski
resort, already surrounded by flames, the DSE's Stuart Ord said.


Although firefighters had finished digging a 150 kilometre containment
line along the fire's southern front, the rising winds were expected to

cause difficulties overnight, he said.


The resort's chief executive, Phil Nunn, said snow-making guns would be

used to tackle the fire front.


The historic mining town of Walhalla, where bushfires had burnt to
within 50 metres of some buildings, and Woods Point, were considered
most under threat, with Mirimbah, Sheepyard Flat and Sawmill Settlement

to the north and Howqua Hills and Tobacco Flat to the south also on
alert.


In Sawmill Settlement, three helicopters and two planes had begun
waterbombing spot fires sparked by embers and ash from the main
firefront.


Deputy chief officer with the Country Fire Authority Graham Fountain
said there was no end in sight to the bushfire emergency, which by its
third week has destroyed more than 30 properties.


Although rain was forecast for Friday, it could worsen conditions if
only 5-10 millimetres fell, Fountain said.


"That amount of rain does more harm than good. It makes roads slippery
and makes it harder to do backburning," he said.


Country Fire Authority state duty officer John Athorn said fire crews
had been working around the clock to prepare for the worsening
conditions.


"We hope that the work that has been done will help to save as many
properties as we can," he said.


So far more than 900 people have been treated by St John Ambulance
volunteers for minor injuries sustained in Victoria's bushfires.


On the island state of Tasmania, firefighters were on edge after a
blaze
that has destroyed 17 homes and burned out more than 28,000 hectares
broke containment lines.


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