Heavy Rain

It is raining and raining. Everything is wet. I think that people in Brisbane area won't need to worry about water supply for a while. Wivenhoe, Somerset & North Pine combined total fill is 67.5%.

The rain is really heavy and the drain system here is really bad. On our way home, there is a above-road bridge is flooded with >15 cm depth water, there is a roundabout is flooded with >20 cm depth water, and the road outside the house we live and the driveway and path to our granny-flat just like a small stream.

Here is Water level update: 20 May 09 by Seqwater:

Wivenhoe, Somerset and North Pine dams Combined levels at 67.5%. WIV (Wivenhoe) 51.2%, SOM (Somerset) 100%, NPD (North Pine) 98.39%. Combined levels have increased by 8.22% in the past 24 hours, adding 8-8.5 months of additional supply to the system. Somerset is at 100% and overnight it is expected water will release over the fixed spillway. In addition we are currently releasing from two cone valves.

Seqwater expects levels to get close to 70% by mid-morning tomorrow. The last time dams were at this level was July 2002.

All major drinking water dams at the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast are at capacity or spilling.
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Disaster zone: SE Qld under water, Posted Wed May 20, 2009 8:43pm AEST

Record wet weather
Yesterday was one of the wettest days in south-east Queensland's history.

More than 300 millimetres of rain fell across the region, with some spots soaked by falls of up to 428 mm.

Some photos from ABC news website