in this past week Queensland (our Sunshine State) and about 1500km away from us have had major storms,
with flash floods beginning at Toowoomba which is unbelievable to begin with, the town ship is 700 meters above sea level all were unaware of what was to come
with 75% of Queensland under water, (thats the size of Texas U.S.A!!) it has been working its way down to the Capital city of Brisbane and destroying almost 12,000 homes and business and over 40,000 through out the state
so far the death toll stands at 13 with 40+ still missing
in Ipswich the water level reached 20 meters high yesterday with shopping centers submerged and pretty much all of the CBD totally under water
i would like to extend my thoughts and prayers to all our brothers and sister up north and to stay safe in the awful time
and to Darth Aussie i hope all is safe for you and your Family, Chime in mate when you can i know power is out
some of the footage that i have seen are Whole Houses floating away, shipping container, cars
here are some images just to get a grasp of things that are happening..
this family was floating in the flash flood, Later only the women and child were found safe the husband is unfortunately still missing...
and here are is some you tube footage from the ABC News...