Snow, wind and fire hit Australia yesterday as an unseasonable icy blast moved across the continent and lightning strikes ignited the explosively dry inland.
Unusual late spring snows fell in Tasmania and the nation's capital, Canberra, while fire fighters battled to contain bush fires west of Sydney, driven towards small towns by high winds.
Further north, in Queensland, the skies turned dark green and hailstones the size of cricket balls smashed property, cars and injured farm animals.
The wild weather across Australia came as church leaders issued a combined appeal for people to join a national a day of prayer for rain.
The Reverend Gregor Henderson, President of the Uniting Church of Australia, said Australians needed to seek God's guidance to manage their water resources.
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