Families wait for funerals, toll could reach 300

[Sequoia]

Victorian Chief Police Commissioner Christine Nixon says families who lost people in the state's bushfire tragedy still face a wait before bodies will be released for funerals.

The official death toll is unchanged at 181 this morning but police now say as many as 300 people may have lost their lives.

Twelve bushfires are still burning across Victoria but authorities say conditions are improving, and fire crews worked through the night on building containment lines.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/12/2489167.htm


Since we're not really getting any news coverage over here in the USA.