FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT BELIEVE IN A HIGHER POWER, PLEASE KEEP OUR AUSTRALIAN MEMBERS IN YOUR PRAYERS.

this photo supplied by NSW State Emergency Service, http://billingsgazette.com/

A mother and her children walk through floodwaters caused by torrential rains in Lismore, northern New South Wales, Australia Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Thousands of Australians huddled in shelters Tuesday as torrential rains flooded cities and towns in the northeast. With floodwaters expected to peak in most of the worst-hit areas later Tuesday, officials were rushing to move those in the highest-risk areas to safety The flooding was caused by the remnants of a tropical cyclone that sparked tornadoes and created sea foam that came ashore on the Queensland coast. The foam covered roads in places, causing traffic to be diverted. Australia has been suffering through a summer of weather extremes, with blistering temperatures and dry conditions igniting hundreds of wildfires across the southern half of the country.