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A weed is a problem in the Australian town of Wangaratta, Victoria. The weed is called "hairy panic" and it is burying and buildings in the . Hairy panic is a that grows in Australia. The dead grass gathers in large , which are blown across the . There is a lot of it in the town. It is piled as as the roof with some houses, so people cannot reach their homes. It looks like a from a horror movie.

Many have left town until the weed has gone. They are of spending hours a day clearing of dead grass from their gardens. It is a to fight through the weeds to get into their home. One said the weed was " draining". Another resident said it was difficult to find his in the . However, he called it, "a -world problem". He said: "We don't put it on the scale of any of the or poverty going on in the world."

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