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

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