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More dramatic flooding, this time in India….

Luke 21:25 – “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;”

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Taj Mahal is under threat of flood

Taj Mahal. © Flickr.com/babasteve/cc-by

The famous Indian medieval mausoleum Taj Mahal is under a threat of being flooded. The building stands on a bank of the Jamuna River, and the river’s water level is now steadily rising because of heavy rains.

Now only a brick ramp separates the historical monument from the water, but if there is more rain, the water may run over it.Taj Mahal is called “the world’s eights miracle” and is on the UNESCO’s World Heritage list.

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We are just getting news out of North Korea of the impact they have experienced from major flooding and a typhoon.  It says it has lost over 74,000 acres of farm land and most roads and rail have been severed.  All of this occurred last month at the same time as all the other flooding.  A major birth pain…

Luke 21:25 – “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;”

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Dozens of North Koreans killed in Typhoon Kompasu

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A typhoon killed dozens of people and destroyed roads, railways and thousands of homes in North Korea earlier this month, the reclusive state’s media reported Wednesday.

It was the first confirmation from the North of the extent of the casualties and damage inflicted by Typhoon Kompasu that hit the divided Korean peninsula on Sept. 2 and killed five people in South Korea.

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More drought and crop/livestock concerns.  The article seems pretty tame till you get to the last line.

The United Nations estimates 1.3 million people have been affected by the drought and herders have lost at least 80 percent of their livestock.

I would say that is significant….

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Syrian drought ‘really bad’

DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 10 (UPI) — Lingering drought in parts of Syria is having an impact on food security and leaving millions of people in a state of extreme poverty, the United Nations said.

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Extreme flooding has been occurring in Mexico over the last few weeks. 

Hundreds of thousands are being driven from their homes and cities. 

I have lost count, how many major floods are currently going on?

We are seeing the birth pains predicted by Christ found in the Book of Luke.

Luke 21:25 – “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;”

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Hundreds of thousands hit by Mexico flooding

The historic town of Tlacotalpan has been inundated

Weeks of heavy rain have brought widespread flooding to wide swathes of eastern and southern Mexico.

Hundreds of thousands of people have seen rapidly rising rivers break their banks and inundate their communities.

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More devastating weather, this time in central America.

These rains have caused massive flooding and destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure that it has rebuilt over the last several months following Tropical Storm Agatha.

More birth pains….

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Heavy rains devastate Guatemala

A state of emergency has been declared in Guatemala, where days of heavy rain have caused widespread flooding and landslides.

At least 20 people have been killed, including at least 10 who died when a bus was engulfed by a mudslide.

President Alvaro Colom said the rains had undone all the reconstruction work completed since Tropical Storm Agatha, which killed 165 people in May.

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Another violent eruption in Indonesia, this time twice as strong as the last burst.  Tower of ash reached 5,000 meters into the air (15,000 ft+).

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More fires, this time in southern Russia.

In the south of the country fire swept through villages and towns, destroying hundreds of homes and other buildings.

At least 15 villages and towns have been affected in the Volgograd and Saratov regions, some 1,000km (600 miles) south-east of Moscow.

“Thousands of people are without shelter,” an emergencies ministry spokeswoman told the Ria-Novosti news agency.

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Third eruption within a week, and each time it is getting bigger.

“The volcano erupted at 04:38 am which has lasted for 13 minutes and sending a column of ash as high as 3,000 metres (10,000 feet) into the air. This is the biggest eruption,” government volcanologist Agus Budianto told AFP.

“We recorded continuous tremors since 7:00 pm Thursday that indicated an intense magma movement inside the volcano,” he said.

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Second eruption in same number of days, things are heating up, as birth pains intensify.  God is trying to wake us up, to turn back to him.

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Indonesian Volcano Erupts Again, Spews Hot Ash

TANAH KARO, Indonesia –  An Indonesian volcano dormant for four centuries erupted for the second straight day Monday, shooting clouds of hot ash more than a mile into the air and forcing 30,000 people to flee.

Some domestic airplanes had to be diverted because of poor visibility.

Many villagers living along the slopes of Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province wore masks as they packed their belongings and headed to emergency shelters, mosques and churches, said Andi Arief, a presidential adviser on disasters.

Their abandoned homes and crops were blanketed in gray soot and the air was thick with the smell of sulfur.

While two people died — a 64-year-old woman from respiratory problems and a 52-year-old man from a heart attack — it was too early to say if the volcano was to blame, said Priyadi Kardono of the National Disaster Management Agency.

Sinabung last erupted in 1600, so observers don’t know its eruption pattern and admitted over the weekend they had not monitored it closely before it started rumbling days ago in the lead-up to Sunday’s first, less-powerful blast.

Hours later, the alert was raised to the highest level.

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Another dormant Volcano erupts…

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Volcano Quiet for 400 Years Erupts in Indonesia

AP

Aug. 29: Mount Sinabung emits volcanic smoke in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The volcano spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years causing thousands of people living around its slope to evacuate their homes.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A volcano in western Indonesia spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years.

Government volcanologist Surono, who uses only one name, said Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province started rumbling a few days ago and the minor morning eruption has mostly stopped.

It sent sand and ash up to a mile (1.5 kilometers) high but lava only moved near its crater. It caused no major damage and “only dust covered plants and trees,” he said.

He said Mount Sinabung last erupted in 1600, so observers don’t know the volcano’s eruption pattern and are monitoring it closely for more activity.

Evacuations on the volcano’s slopes started Friday at the first signs of activity. Up to 10,000 people who fled are staying in government buildings, houses of worship and other evacuation centers in two nearby towns.

The government has distributed 7,000 masks to refugees and set up public kitchens so people can cook food, said Priyadi Kardono, spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency.

Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelago, is on the so-called “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

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Link to full original article: Volcano Quiet for 400 Years Erupts in Indonesia

Link to related story (with video): Long-dormant Indonesian volcano erupts

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A lot of activity, I don’t think I have ever seen three in a row like this before.  So evenly spaced too!

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Link to Drudge and National Huricane Center

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More weather signs, hand in hand with the earthquake birth pains….

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Volcano erupts in southwestern Colombia

BOGOTA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) — Galeras Volcano, located in San Juan de Pasto, Narino department’s capital, in the southwest of Colombia, erupted on at 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday local time (0900 GMT), without report of victims.

Assistant director of the Colombian Geology and Mining Institute (Ingeominas) Martha Calvache told local radio station Caracol, that the alert on the volcano were raised from orange to red, the highest level, which implies an “imminent or current eruption.” This made the authorities to order the evacuation of thousands of residents in nearby villages and town.

But “it has not been possible to analyze the material coming out from the volcano, which could be associated to ashes or probably to lava,” Calvache said.

Later, Ingominas said in a statement published on its website that “to the moment there were no reports of ashes fall in Sandona and La Florida municipalities located in the northwestern side of the volcano.”

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Link to full original article: Volcano erupts in southwestern Colombia

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I always like to read Todd and Terry’s weekly commentary.  They publish it every Monday and I will try to pull it each day.  Running a little late today, as I just got to it.  Very good this week, enjoy.

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Aug 23, 2010

More Birth Pangs: Floods, Drought, and Pestilence

One of the clearest indications of the progression of Bible prophecy is the frequency of end-time events. In Matthew 24:8, we are told that the last days will be the tail-end of an exponential curve of activity. Jesus mentioned a great variety of signs—spiritual, natural, societal, and geopolitical—and then He said that these signs will be like “birth pangs.”

As the birth of a baby approaches, the birth pangs increase two ways: frequency and intensity. Thus, Jesus was saying that the closer we get to the time of His return, the more frequent and intense the signs will become. There will be more earthquakes and more intense ones. Likewise, things like famine, pestilence, and war will increase in frequency and intensity.

This year started out with monstrous earthquakes striking the nations of Haiti, Chile, and China. The death toll from the Haiti quake has now risen to more than 230,000. The Chile earthquake is in the record books as the seventh-greatest earthquake ever recorded.

In the past few weeks, there has been an upsurge in birth-pang activity. Three categories stand out:

Floods
Many have been struck by noteworthy flooding. In April, the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro had terrible flooding. But the most remarkable flooding has occurred in Pakistan, where the deluge has been of epic proportions: 20 million people have been affected, with more than 1,400 dead, 900,000 homes damaged, and 3.5 million children at risk for waterborne diseases. One-fifth of the nation is now under water, and the rains are continuing to fall.

Drought
A severe drought in Russia has devastated the nation’s wheat crop. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin banned all exports of grain until the end of the year. The ban has pushed prices to their highest level in two years in the United States. Russian grain exports totaled 21.4 million metric tons last year, about 17 percent of the global grain trade. The Middle East is heavily dependant on Russian grain. Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, is left to wonder whether current contracts with Russia will be honored. If we should have a drought in another country that is a key grain exporter, global famine could become a real possibility.

Pestilence
The World Health Organization called on health authorities around the globe to monitor a multi-drug-resistant superbug that surfaced in South Asia and spread to Britain. The WHO said a new gene enables some types of bacteria to be highly resistant to almost all antibiotics. With some bacterial strains, the death rate is as high as 30 percent.

In the U.S., there is a growing problem with bedbugs. The city of New York had 11,000 complaints about bedbugs last year. Bedbugs have been discovered recently in theaters, clothing stores, hotels, housing projects, and posh apartments. They have even been found in the Empire State Building.

This level of activity is amazing when you consider that the year is only a little more than half over. The Lord certainly seems to be trying to get man’s attention, but I can see that man’s stubbornness is a huge obstacle. It amazes me to see how quickly historic disasters fade from memory.

Several news organizations are reporting that support for the flood victims in Pakistan may be suffering from donor fatigue. In the first two weeks of the crisis, the funds being pledged by rich nations are just 20 percent of the amount given for the Haiti earthquake. In the same way, there may be a birth-pang of fatigue at work. I have not seen prophetic awareness this low since the early 1990s.

God is very patient, but He is no fool. He is not going to send an endless number of warning signs. I would never say that apathy will force God to act, but it could be the calling card that the Almighty has decided to use to shake up our world.

“And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth” (Luke 21:25-26).

— Todd

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Link to original article: Nearing Midnight – August 23rd, 2010

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This flooding is getting worst, stunning photos attached below and more if you go to the original article and click on the picture to get more.

The birth pains will continue to build as we move toward the last days.  The world and regional leaders are certainly distressed and perplexed.

Luke 21:25 “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring“

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Floods Surging Into Southern Pakistan Test City Defenses

SHADAD KOT, Pakistan –  SHADAD KOT, Pakistan (AP) — Emergency workers worked frantically Monday to shore up a system of levees protecting two southern Pakistani cities from floodwaters that have devastated wide swaths of the country, as a U.N. official warned that the crisis is “outrunning our relief efforts.”

The floods, which began nearly a month ago with hammering rains in the country’s northwest, have destroyed or damaged 1.2 million homes and affected 17.2 million people, U.N. spokesman Maurizio Giuliano said. About 1,500 people have died in the floods, most in first few days, though the scale of the crisis — with immense social dislocation and agricultural destruction — continues to grow.

“The floods are outrunning our relief efforts. We move faster and faster, but the finish line keeps moving further ahead,” Giuliano said. “This is turning out to be a marathon, not a sprint.”

While the floodwaters are slowly moving toward the Arabian Sea, where they can drain away, the rainfall has been so intense that enormous parts of the country remain submerged.

In Shadad Kot, in the southern province of Sindh, authorities are increasingly worried that even the 10 miles (18 kilometers) of new levees soldiers have built to protect the city, and Qambar city further to the south, may not hold back the massive floods.

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Link to full article: Floods Surging Into Southern Pakistan Test City Defenses, Trigger Deadly Bus Crash

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Flooding and Rain continue in Northern China, over a quarter million evacuated. 

Weather birth pains continue… it is not just this event, but all of the events that are going on simultaneously.

Luke 21:25 “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring“

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250,000 Evacuated Amid Flooding in Northern China

BEIJING (Aug. 23) — Flooding has forced the evacuation of more than a quarter-million people in northern China along its border with North Korea, state media said Monday.

Heavy rains over the last several days caused the Yalu river, which marks the border, to breach its banks, although the water level had started to fall late Sunday, the official Xinhua News Agency state media said Monday.

It said four people died, including a couple in their 70s and a mother and son, after their homes in Dandong were swept away by flash floods. Xinhua said 253,500 residents have been evacuated after the Yalu rose to its highest level in a decade.

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More flooding in china with numbers evacuated nearly doubling over the weekend.  Prophecy sign of continued birth pains.

Luke 21:25 – “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;”

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Rain batters China anew; 94,000 evacuated in flood

Aug 22, 7:57 AM (ET)

By ALEXA OLESEN

BEIJING (AP) – Flooding killed four people and forced the evacuation of 94,000 others in the northern Chinese port city of Dandong after heavy rains caused the Yalu river to breach its banks, state media said Sunday.

Rain continued to fall Sunday in the region, which borders North Korea, but the official Xinhua News Agency reported that water levels along the Yalu and its tributaries dropped below flood warning levels.

Xinhua said four people died, including a couple in their 70s and a mother and son, after their homes were swept away by flash floods.

An official with the Water Resources Department in Liaoning province, where Dandong is located, confirmed that four people had died though he was unable to provide details. He refused to give his name because he was not authorized to speak with the media.

On Saturday, floodwaters punctured a dike between the river and an economic development zone in Dandong, inundating many neighborhoods.

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More extreme weather impacting huge numbers of people.  Birth pains leading to the Tribulation.

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Rains batter China anew; 50,000 evacuated in flood

AP – In this photo released by China’s Xinhua news agency, roads along the Yalu River are flooded in Dandong, …

Sat Aug 21, 7:44 am ET

BEIJING – Swelled by torrential rains, the Yalu river that marks the Chinese-North Korean border breached its banks on both sides Saturday, inundating communities and forcing the evacuation of more than 50,000 people in China.

Flood waters punctured a dike between the river and an economic development zone in a low-lying part of the Chinese port city of Dandong, Chinese state media reported. The rain and flooding cut rail service out of the city, destroyed more than 200 houses and left at least three people missing, in addition to the 51,000 evacuated to higher ground, local officials said.

North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said that about a foot (30 centimeters) of rain had fallen since midnight and the Yalu — or Amnok as its known in Korean — swamped houses, public buildings and farmland in more than five villages near Sinuiju, the city opposite Dandong.

The brief report described Sinuiju and the surrounding area as having been “severely affected” by the flooding and said officials, the military and ordinary civilians were involved in rescue work.

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Link to original article: Rains batter China anew (from Rapture Ready News)

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This is a massive disaster, and most definitely part of the birth pains Christ warned us about.

Luke 21:25 “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring“

I can’t believe we are not hearing more about it in our US media.

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Link to original article, pictures, and other links: SPECIAL COVERAGE: Pakistan floods

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As this unfolds it looks worst than initially reported, this too is part of prophecy birth pains.

Check out the Video’s and commentary from Frank DiMora’s site below.

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Prophecy Sign: Luke 21:25 “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

Read this news and watch the video   because a large portion of a nation has been wiped out.  “Twenty million people are homeless after Pakistan’s worst flooding in decades, the country’s prime minister has revealed.”  “The disaster has also battered Pakistan’s economy and undermined its political stability at a time when America needs its steadfast cooperation against Islamist extremism.  “The UN has appealed for an initial £295m to provide aid but said billions will be needed to rebuild once the flooding recedes.”  These people have not homes, the lack drinking water and food and this past storm has caused, starvation and disease. Luke 21:25 is a prime example of what the Lord was pointing to in these last days.

Sky News Video of Flooding

Article on flooding with picture gallery

Prophecy Sign: Matthew 24:7 “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.  Not only are we witnessing complex problems from the floods but the disease Jesus said would be a sign has also become a complex problem for million in Pakistan.

“Thousands dead, millions homeless. Now Pakistan faces cholera and riots”

“As the floods wash away his livelihood, a landowner launches his own relief convoy”   Hamir Soomro points to vast stretches of water: “That’s where my land used to be,” he says. For as far as the eye travels, there is little sight of the soil his family has cultivated for decades. Only the very tips of the rice stalks can be seen. In the distance, there are the remains of crumbling brick houses, abandoned when the waters crept in a fortnight ago.”

Sunday, 15 August 2010

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Pakistan-Floods-Twenty-Million-Are-Homeless-After-Deluge-Prime-Minister-Yousuf-Raza-Gilani-Says/Article/201008215683644?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15683644_Pakistan_Floods%3A_Twenty_Million_Are_Homeless_After_Deluge%2C_Prime_Minister_Yousuf_Raza_Gilani_Says

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What could that be?  A solar storm or a EMP blast from a nuclear weapon would cause major damage to the power grid and anything that has a chip.  Think about everything we use electricity for or that is powered by electronics.  Think about how long you could go without it.  We could be without electricity for 4-10 years. 

Take a look at the article, it has a lot of good information and links for how to prepare.  It is interesting some of the effects of the solar storm seem very Biblical in the results, just more to ponder while we prepare.

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U.S. warned of threat worse than Katrina, plague, WWII

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I was shocked to see this article look at the two main arguments for why this is happening.  Global Warming (‘green religion’) and Bible Prophecy (yes the author actually quotes scripture and discusses end times).

Extreme weather and natural disasters occurring simultaneously around the globe

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I borrowed that title from one of the articles below, I thought it was very fitting.  Here are even more crazy weather events that are going on at the same time.  All of these taking one at a time might not seem like anything out of the ordinary, but if you look at all that is going on at the same time and include the earthquakes, it is quite the sign and a spike of birth pains.  We are very close. 

These are joyous signs for christians, because it means Christ will return for us soon and take us to a better place he has prepared for us.  It is also a warning and reminder to stay watchful, and diligently do his will.  Wake up your family members and friends that have not turned to God or may have fallen off the path due to worldly distractions.

First up, fires in Russia have doubled the mortality rate and breathing there is like smoking 2 packs a day, ouch!  It also starts to sting the eyes and back of the throat after about 10 minutes of exposure.

Moscow smog: streets look ‘apocalyptic’

Second, we have more flooding in Niger that is destroying homes and crops.  The amazing part is that the region has been struggling with drought and loss of crops and now has to deal with flooding.

Niger River floods destroying homes and crops

Third, is an article that shows a wide range of weather events that are occurring or have occurred within 2010.  It discusses how unusual it is to see all these events within a single year, or really, only seven months.

2010 the year the weather went berserk…

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Here are several articles that show extreme weather events that are occuring through out the world.  Again, these are part of the birth pains that are meant to wake us up to turn back to God.  These will continue to get more and more severe until the final seven year tribulation.  The Good News is Jesus promises to save His followers prior to the worst with the rapture, where He will call us up to be with Him in heaven. 

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Muscovites Flee Worst Heat ‘in 1,000 Years’ from Bloomberg 

(by Denis Maternovsky and Maria Levitov) 

Aug 9, 2010 9:47 AM CT 

Muscovites fled the Russian capital in record numbers as extreme heat combined with acrid smoke from wildfires, slowing trading on the city’s main stock exchange and emptying restaurants. 

More than 104,400 people flew out of Moscow yesterday, topping the previous 2010 record of 101,000, according to the Federal Air Transportation Agency. On Aug. 7, 95,000 left the city by plane, 20 percent more than the year-earlier date, agency spokesman Sergei Izvolsky said by telephone today. 

Moscow set a daily heat record of 35.5 degrees Celsius (95.5 degrees Fahrenheit) today, the seventh such record this month and the 19th of the summer, said Tatyana Pozdnyakova, a spokeswoman for the city’s weather service. The city reached 38.2 degrees Celsius, the highest ever, on July 29. 

The heat wave, smoke from forest fires across central Russia and the Volga River region, and the country’s worst drought in half a century have combined to hobble agriculture and slow the services industry and manufacturing. Financial companies are now affected.

The BBC’s Chris Hogg decribes the devastation in Gansu province

More than 700 people are now known to have died in a massive landslide in north-west China – making it one of the deadliest incidents so far in the country’s worst flooding in a decade.

A frantic search is continuing for the more than 1,000 people still missing

Muscovites fled the Russian capital in record numbers as extreme heat combined with acrid smoke from wildfires, slowing trading on the city’s main stock exchange and emptying restaurants.  

More than 104,400 people flew out of Moscow yesterday, topping the previous 2010 record of 101,000, according to the Federal Air Transportation Agency. On Aug. 7, 95,000 left the city by plane, 20 percent more than the year-earlier date, agency spokesman Sergei Izvolsky said by telephone today.  

Moscow set a daily heat record of 35.5 degrees Celsius (95.5 degrees Fahrenheit) today, the seventh such record this month and the 19th of the summer, said Tatyana Pozdnyakova, a spokeswoman for the city’s weather service. The city reached 38.2 degrees Celsius, the highest ever, on July 29.  

The heat wave, smoke from forest fires across central Russia and the Volga River region, and the country’s worst drought in half a century have combined to hobble agriculture and slow the services industry and manufacturing. Financial companies are now affected. 

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China landslide: More than 700 people confirmed dead from BBC News 

10 August 2010 Last updated at 06:32 ET

<Click link above for the video of the devistation>

The BBC’s Chris Hogg decribes the devastation in Gansu province

More than 700 people are now known to have died in a massive landslide in north-west China – making it one of the deadliest incidents so far in the country’s worst flooding in a decade.

A frantic search is continuing for the more than 1,000 people still missing.

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The entire northwestern Swat valley, where Pakistan fought a major campaign to flush out Taliban insurgents last year, was cut off at the weekend as were parts of the country’s breadbasket in Punjab and Sindh.

“This disaster is worse than the tsunami, the 2005 Pakistan earthquake and the Haiti earthquake,” Maurizio Giuliano, a spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told AFP.

He said the 13.8 million affected outstripped the more than three million hit by the 2005 earthquake, five million in the 2004 tsunami and the three million affected by the Haiti earthquake in January this year.

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It again, looks like this is from some Hollywood movie.  This is a sandstorm in china.

Here is the link to the article and more pictures.  Amazing Sandstorm

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Incredible sinkhole pictures with a link to the article.  This looks like something out of a movie, but it is happening today, this year.

Article Link in EU Times: Incredible sinkhole

Check out the pictures below:

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