Of course many people besides those living in the areas where it rains have their lives disrupted by the floods. It can take weeks for the floodwaters to flow downstream, meaning that some towns have many weeks warning, but know it's inevitable that destruction will come - in a flat landscape there is no defence against so much water. It must be both terrifying and depressing.
Interstate (and intrastate of course) trade is being affected and will continue to be affected for some time. Some of the most important trade routes are currently cut, and these are also roads that we have driven every time we're in Australia.
Map of current (as of midnight last night) road closures due to floodwater in Queensland and NSW.
If you tried to take this photo today you'd need a boat
It was taken near Gurley, highlighted in the middle of this map. To give an idea of the scale of the flooding, the distance from Goondiwindi to Moree is 111km (as the crow flies), roughly the same distance as Paris to Amiens, London to Southampton, or New York to Philadelphia. (Click on the photo to find Goondiwindi and Moree)
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