Brisbane Flooding

This morning we awoke to news updates that the river has peaked lower than expected.  This has been a relief considering the dread we felt for what we were going to awaken to this morning.  However, many areas have suffered catastrophic damage from flooding yesterday and overnight with thousands of people affected.  We walked back down to our area late yesterday afternoon to assess what the damage was thus far and found the streets in our area flooding rapidly, water gushing into our basement carpark and roads and bridges inaccessible and deserted.  It was such a surreal feeling walking through the city streets on a Wednesday afternoon with the constant sound of helicopters overhead and alarms and sirens from everywhere. Normally we would be finishing up for the day at work and the city would be full of workers making their way home.  The river continues to rush through the city into the bay.