Touching Scenes Of Koalas Cooling Off In River To Escape The Blaze

Amid the catastrophic bushfires in Australia, heartbreaking images and footages showing the magnitude of the disaster are emerging every day. Recently a series of powerful snaps are making waves on social media. Lorene McRae, a local woman captured the touching photos at the Murray River at Tocumwal, New South Wales.

The heartwarming images show small groups of koalas desperately tying to avoid the heat of the bushfires. So they cool off in the waters of Murray River.