the sun shineth

I ducked down to the local park and soccer fields. here they are. can you see the basketball hoop? the road between the park and the soccer field in the middle of the photo is under water.
My road ends down at the Brisbane River, so this water backs up from the river, as you can see , the park and the soccer field are completely under water,
and water lapping at the yards of houses beside the park...I spoke to a lady in that corner house, and she says those houses had water up to the steps (floorboards?) in the 1974 floods, so she is hoping she will be ok, but the water is still rising there today, the peak is expected here tomorrow.
I woke this morning to see the sun shining .

The good news is that the rain is easing. And that authorities will be able to send specialist rescue crews out into the devastated areas in the Lockyer Valley.

The bad news is that the easing back of the rain makes no difference to the huge floods expected in Brisbane and Ipswich today and tomorrow.
Searches for 90 missing people out in the Lockyer Valley yesterday were hampered by bad weather. Police hold grave fears for what they will find there, where whole communities were hit by the raging wall of water on Monday afternoon and evening.
And there were rescues from rooftops even this morning for some people affected by more rain last night in another area there.

The Wivenhoe dam is at 200% capacity, so releases are continuing from the dam. The levels of the river are expected to stay high till the weekend at least, and not drop to normal till maybe next week.

I have put all the recent news from the last couple of days in the post below.

The death toll as of this morning stands at 10, with the loss of a 4 year old out of a boat at Marburg during a rescue yesterday. Very very sad. And police are expecting that toll to rise.

40, 000 properties expected to be affected.

Prayers for a family just arrived in the city from the UK yesterday. Supposed to be working in Toowoomba with my son for the next six months. They are currently in an apartment in the city , where electricity was being cut to the CBD at 7am.
If they are able to get to my place, they may be able to stay here until the highway to Toowoomba is open. ( I am not sure if that is possible at this stage).