Power Outage Hits 500,000 Victorian Households Amid Sweltering Weather

Power lines in the country outside of the New South Wales country town of Portland, Australia, on March 1, 2019. Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

Widespread hot weather has led to fires in Victoria and high temperatures plus rain storms in other parts of the nation.

It’s been a scorcher for multiple states, but Victoria has been hit hardest by high temperatures.