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matthew 24

Matthew 24 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. "Tell us," they said, "when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.

"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Earthquake Information Center

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Geology.com

Saturday, December 03, 2005

Record Year for Hurricanes and Tropical Storms

2005 was a record year for hurricanes and tropical storms. According to the National Hurricane Center the 26 named storms of 2005 broke the previous record of 21 named storms set back in 1933. One-half of the named storms (13) reached hurricane intensity.

Three Category 5 storms (Katrina, Rita and Wilma) broke the previous record of two category 5 storms set in 1960 and tied in 1961. Seven named storms made landfall on U.S. coastlines (Arlene, Cindy, Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Tammy and Wilma). Only 1916 and 2004 had a higher number of U.S. landfalls. Total U.S. damage attributed to these storms easily exceeds $100 billion.

A more detailed summary of the 2005 tropical storm season can be seen at the NOAA website.

Millions homeless as worse floods in century hit India's south
Over 2.5 million people have been forced from their homes due to heavy rains and flooding in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in South India. Caritas India fears the worse is still to come with more rains forecast, threatening to burst river banks and dams and inundate vast areas.-Caritas India South Zonal Manager Mr. Ambrose Christy said,"We have never experience anything like this before. It is the worst flooding in 100 years." The situation could become even more severe as the rains get worse. If the Krishna River bursts its banks, millions more will be forced from their homes and a huge area of land will be underwater.
For thousands in Vietnam, surviving typhoon is only start of their troubles
A typhoon that smashed across Vietnam last week may have spared their lives but it destroyed their homes and livelihoods. Now disease and hunger loom as flood waters stagnate and thousands of people remain cut off from help. Surviving in these conditions is a new test for thousands in Vietnam after Typhoon Ketsana hit the country's central coast, killing at least 163 people and displacing 150,000. -Typhoon Ketsana first smashed through the Philippines where it killed nearly 300 people and forced about half a million from their homes before sweeping through Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

Weather headlines in one week (last week of September 2009_

Second Deadly Typhoon Strikes Philippines Second Deadly Typhoon Strikes Philippines

'Robust Sequence' of Earthquakes Shake Eastern California

Indonesia quake obliterates villages, aid needed

Scores killed in India flooding

Deadly mudslide hits Italy city

Scores dead in Pacific islands tsunami

Samoa Earthquake/

8.1 magnitude earthquake strikes northwest of Vanuatu

Second major earthquake hits Vanuatu

6.7 magnitude quake strikes near Philippines

New Philippine floods kill dozens