Australia’s hottest towns hit 120F in a grueling heat wave: ‘It’s just damn hot’

By Helen Regan, Angus Watson, CNN (CNN) — Vast swaths of southeastern Australia are sweltering in a heat wave that’s pushed temperatures to close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and forced some residents to protect their properties as wildfires race through parts of rural Victoria. Karlee Smith jumped on a quad bike to