how many days..how many inches
In the past 4 or 5 days I have measured approximately 7 inches (175mm) in the rain gauge. Over the dam catchments there has been approximately double that amount. Wednesday. after how many days of rain, there is a small break today. I am parking all this last few days info in a post here for historical purposes. Tuesday evening 7pm : storms over the badly flooded areas today have made rescues and searching for missing people extremely difficult. 10 people lost their lives in the bad floods in Toowoomba and surrounding area yesterday afternoon and last night. Authorities hold grave fears for 15 of 59 missing people. People are being rescued from roof tops as I write this. What happened in Toowoomba yesterday has been described as an instant inland tsunami. Brisbane City and the neighboring of Ipswich are expecting major flooding tomorrow and on Thursday, worse than the 1974 floods, which were then a once in one hundred years. The premier and police are holding two hourly media conferenc...