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A fast-growing weed causing havoc in a small Australian town. It almost a scene from a horror movie. The weed is called "hairy panic". It is up homes, farmyards and other buildings in the small Australian town of Wangaratta in the state of Victoria. Hairy panic is a grass that is in every Australian state. It its name from the long hairs along the edges of grass stalks. The dead grass in large bundles, which are across the land by the wind. It has a real nuisance in Wangaratta because of the large quantity of weed that is in the town. It has reached roof level in some areas. Residents cannot see or their garages because of the piles of weed.

Many of the residents have the town until authorities the weed. They are up with having to several hours a day clearing the piles of dead grass from their driveways and gardens. For some residents, it is a battle to through the wall of weeds to into their home. Local resident Pam Twitchett told Australia's ABC news agency that the weed was physically and mentally draining. Another resident, Jason Perna, about the extent of the problem. He said: "It makes it difficult to the car out in the morning - if you can find it." He also put the problem into context, : "It's a first-world problem. We don't put it on the scale of any of the famine or poverty on in the world."