Levees hold steady: but water continues to rise

UPDATE: Queensland's Department of Community Safety has issued emergency alerts for areas near three towns, urging people to move to higher ground. 
 
The warnings are for areas near the Maranoa Regional Council towns of Surat, Roma and Mitchell.
The warning says all rural residents downstream of Surat on the Condamine/Balonne River are urged to move to higher ground or to neighbours in flood free areas.

Water World: New Super-Earth Found Near Distant Star

Pack your bags. But leave the bottled water behind; you might not need it.

Scientists have found a planet orbiting another star -- 22 light-years away -- and of all the hundreds of so-called exoplanets so far discovered, this one is, lead researcher Guillem Anglada-Escude said, "the new best candidate to support liquid water and, perhaps, life as we know it."