The Floods have Lifted Up - A Sign of Judgement?
11/05/2000, Vince Aquilino
"There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea." (Jesus Christ - Luke 21:25)
"The floods have lifted up, O LORD, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves. The LORD on high is mightier Than the noise of many waters, Than the mighty waves of the sea. Your testimonies are very sure; Holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, forever." (Psalm 93:3-5)
As you read the following news items, which all occurred in the last three weeks, consider if the floods have lifted up their voice -- consider the number of unusual events as well as the number of records being set. For those who have eyes to see, the prophecies of Jesus are coming to pass.
Sickness, disease, and famine can also follow flooding - Do you have eyes to see?
What you are about to read is not "normal", there is a high incidence of unusual weather world-wide going on.
October 30 - November 5th
Unusual deep sea storms in Gulf of Mexico
A strong storm surge occurred underwater, at depths of 10,000 feet in the Gulf of Mexico. Researchers witnessed the powerful and mysterious currents during a recent two-week underwater expedition. At depths of 8,000 to 10,000 feet, scientists measured masses of water nearly 2,000 feet thick moving at 1 to 1.5 knots. According to McDonald, normal water movement at such depths is less that one-tenth knot. "That’s an enormous force," he said. "The cause of the storms is still undetermined."
This begs the question: What is God up to relative to Luke 21:25?
Record Tornadoes in N.D
A major winter storm stranded motorists and snapped power lines by dumping more than two feet of snow dumped on major highways in Wyoming and South Dakota. The National Weather Service reported 54 inches of snow at Elk Mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota. However snowfall amounts varied greatly, depending on elevation. However, the real story was further north of these winter storms, where tornadoes were spawned in spring-like storms. One tornado hit the North Dakota capital city of Bismarck on Wednesday. Another tornado caused damage near Prinsburg, Minn. last night. Nothing new, except this was the first time on record, that any tornado had ever struck the state in the month of November. So, to have several twisters hit ground was even more unusual.
Typhoon leaves 54 dead, 32 missing in Taiwan
Typhoon Xangsane struck Taiwan, leaving 54 dead and 32 missing in the island's worst flooding in three decades. Officials estimated that crop and property damage was about $500 million.
Britain has worst flooding in 50 years
More rain swept across Britain on Thursday, swelling rivers already at bursting point, as the country's most widespread floods in 50 years showed few signs of ending. In Dover, England, 10,000 families were told to boil drinking water after flooding was blamed for contaminating supplies with bacteria. Fourteen severe flood warnings were in place on nine rivers. Driving in the south of England and Wales was treacherous, with severe delays on highways because of flooding. "We are already dealing with floods which, in geographical extent, are probably the most widespread since the great floods of 1947 and in some places as severe," said Sir John Harman, the Environmental Agency's chairman, while visiting some of the worst-hit areas in Yorkshire and the Midlands. And it is not over, because "The misery is set to continue," he added.
As of November 5th, near York, rivers are 18 feet above normal. The sandbag barrier is close to breaking. They have never seen anything like it. In London, an emergency meeting was called to discuss the worse bloods in England's memory.
The Desert state of Arizona City has been hit by Floods
Torrents of floodwater rushed through the southern area of Wenden, 90 miles west of Phoenix, the same city that was recently inundated by floods where four farm workers were killed. Emergency services spokeswoman Ruthanne Gilbert said the normally dry Centennial Wash had also been responsible for much of the earlier flooding.
Typhoon Xangsane Lashes the Philippines
At least 15 people were killed, over 200 injured, and 25 missing in the Philippines, as powerful Typhoon Xangsane roared over the country during the weekend. More than 26,600 people were evacuated from flooded communities in SE parts of the worst-hit area of Luzon Island. Dina Quitoriano, an official with the Office of Defense, said, "We are trying our best to monitor all affected regions, but power and communications links are still out of order in other areas. Reports of damage are big, but we will be here 24 hours to keep taking calls and respond to the affected public."
Deadly Cyclone Storm Hits Bangladesh
At least 28 people in Bangladesh were killed, and hundreds injured on Saturday as the cyclone lashed the coast of the Bay of Bengal. Buildings were leveled, and boats capsized by the storm. Officials fear the number of victims could rise significantly as more than 100 fishermen have yet to return from the Bay of Bengal. Thousands of people in coastal districts moved to cyclone shelters during the weekend, fearing a storm surge along the coast. The cyclone toppled trees, destroyed rice fields and roads and most low-lying areas are now under 3.3 feet of water." In the southern coastal city of Khulna, more than 4.7 inches of rain fell within 24 hours. Rivers burst their banks and torrents of water raced through the city, 185 miles south of the capital Dhaka. The worst flooding in decades has hit Bangladesh since September 18. The floods have killed more than 100 people and left another two million homeless. Almost 3 million people in western and SW Bangladesh have been displaced by almost three weeks of ongoing floods. Floodwaters have made their way from the north of the stricken region, 110 miles SW of the capital Dhaka, and surged southward toward the Bay of Bengal. The ongoing floods have caused the Icchamati River to burst its banks in a number of places, submerging surrounding areas where floods are a rare occurrence. The floods have also resulted in a number of flood-related deaths from water-borne gastrointestinal diseases, snake bites and capsizing of boats. Water Resources Minister Abdur Razzak asked the India-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission to find out the cause of the floods in the usually dry southwest. "This is an unusual phenomenon that took us off guard,"
Wind, waves devouring Florida's Atlantic beaches
Beaches along Florida's Atlantic coast are being badly worn by strong winds and high tides, with some residents saying the erosion is the worst they've seen in decades. Storms chewed at beaches the length of the state, with winds so strong the Space Shuttle Discovery was forced to land in California Tuesday. "We're in the middle of a disaster," said Bill Graham of Vilano Beach, south of Jacksonville. About 30 feet of his beachfront property washed away during the last three weeks, and neighbors called the damage the worst since Hurricane Dora in 1964. Sandbags have failed to hole back the eroding tides.
"All beach people understand that the sand comes and goes, we all expect to have bad storms," Graham said. "But this is far and away the worst of anything we have ever seen or expected to see." In St. Augustine Beach, owners of Beachcomber's Restaurant are keeping a close watch on the ocean. A recent beach replenishment added nine feet of elevation, but 90 percent of that has washed away. The erosion is worsened because previous hurricanes had already swept away excess sand, said Steve Letro of the National Weather Service in Jacksonville.
October 21 - October 29th
Oklahoma deluge
More Oklahoma home and business owners are battling floodwaters today, following another round of swamping rains. This time, the storms targeted Jefferson, Stephens and Carter counties in south-central Oklahoma, along the Texas state line. In Ardmore, rising water flowed into businesses, and authorities worried about flooded roadways. Firemen used a boat to rescue a woman trapped in her home by high water. The flooding in Oklahoma began last weekend. About 70 houses were destroyed in the communities of Apache and Anadarko.
Incessant rain causing flood troubles in Spain
At least eight people in Spain's NE Catalonia region have been killed by floods triggered by days of incessant rain. The heavy rains caused the wall of a dam in the eastern city of Castellon to crack on Tuesday and begin leaking water. Further south, on Spain's eastern coast, dozens of roads and railway lines in the cities of Murcia and Valencia were cut off by flooding. Hundreds of thousands of students in Valencia and Catalonia were unable to attend school. States of emergency were declared in 11 provinces.
Unheard of Flooding in Israel - Navy called in as floods hit Tel Aviv
Naval vessels have been called in as flood waters reaching as high as 2.5 meters hit southern Tel Aviv and Jaffa, Israel Radio reports. Municipal workers and firemen say they are unable to reach some of the stranded families because they cannot navigate the high waters. Highways to and from Tel Aviv have been closed by the floodwaters.
Deadly storms strike Chinese Island
At least seven people in southern China's tropical island of Hainan have been killed in torrential rainstorms that have pounded the region for the past week. The storms have forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents. Officials say these storms were the worst to hit the region in half a century. The official Xinhua news agency reported that the floods had affected three million people of the island's total population of seven million, and caused extensive damage to 600 communities, alongwith cropland and fish farms.
Predawn Church Bells Warn Italians of Flood
On Oct 21,2000, church bells rang urgently before dawn Thursday in the medieval Italian community of San Benedetto Po, warning residents of an impending flood surging down the Po River toward the region of Emilia Romagna. Po is the regions longest river. The floods moved eastward toward the low-lying areas of Italy's northern plains after killing at least 35 people and devastating Alpine villages near the Swiss-Italian border. Mayor Eros Bertazonni said Thursday evening, "It has been 50 years since the main bank has been under stress. If it doesn't hold, then it becomes a tragedy." The floodwaters had already reached the top floors of many homes as the decision was being made to open the dam, and several hundred residents had evacuated to nearby hilltops with their livestock.
October 13th - October 20th
Desert Tucson gets hit with 1,142 lightning strikes
On Fri. Oct 20,2000, a bolt of lightning struck four teenagers in Tucson, Ariz. on Thursday, and more thunderstorms were in the forecast for the Desert Southwest today. There were between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday, 1,142 lightening as well as heavy wind and rain in some areas. There were scattered power outages and water covered some roads in the Tucson area.
Above Average Hurricane Season
Although it appeared that the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season was a slow one, that was only the way it appeared. And that was due to the fact that only a few were landfalling hurricanes.
The 2000 Atlantic hurricane season is actually above average. Meteorologists say on average, 8 named storms form by mid-October, and an entire average hurricane season sees 9 named storms. Over the past 100 years, only about 15 percent of Atlantic hurricane seasons have had 13 or more named cyclones, according to Lyons. Lyons, Hope and Gray all agree that the 2000 hurricane season, so far, has been an example of an active year with few landfalls.
Italy in state of high emergency, Swiss flooding rises too
On Wed. Oct 18,2000, flooding in Italy and Switzerland has moved the death toll near 30. As many as 45,000 people had been evacuated away from the path of surging rivers as the high waters raced into the Italian northern plains. "We are in a state of anxiety, of high emergency," said Nerio Nesi, Italian Public Works Minister. He confirmed that the flooding had killed 21 people in Italy. Swiss officials said they recovered the remains of seven people and expect that number to climb higher. Italian helicopters, army troops and rescue forces were moving villagers away from the paths of the Ticino and the Po rivers. The great Po River, which is the longest in Italy, posted a higher water mark than in any time during the past 50 years. Government officials told Italian state television that the river had already surged past the mediaeval town of Piacenza. The equally swollen Ticino River was said to be cresting in Pavia.
Lengthy torrential rains in the Swiss and Italian Alps triggered the flooding and mudslides earlier this week. Although the rains changed to snow in the Alps, rains worsened along the northern plains of Italy. In Rome, the government dispatched massive aid packages and declared a state of emergency in three NW regions of the country. The powerful flood waters swamped industrial cities such as Turin -- where two of the giant Fiat company's plants are located -- and inundated the city of Milan. In both regions, electricity and telecommunications were shut down, forcing all factories and plants to close. More than 450,000 residents of the Turin area are reported to be without access to clean drinking water. French and Swiss officials said rail and many highways into those countries from Italy were shut down; some 170 roads and bridges were also closed. In Switzerland, a total of 10 people are still missing from a village struck by a massive mudslide from the flooding.
Some cities have been cut off by the flooding rivers. Television pictures showed collapsed mountain houses and villages deep in mud; water and rocks rolling down mountainsides as streams became torrents. "Among the old people around here, no one remembers anything like this for generations," explained an elderly man in a Valle d'Aosta. Rains also caused serious damage to crops awaiting harvest.
Catastrophic floods worsen again in Vietnam and Cambodia -- Cambodia's worst flooding on record!
On Monday, Oct 16,2000, officials reported that two more new storms triggered flash flooding that has killed 47 people in Vietnam in the past 10 days. Vietnam's worst floods in at least 40 years have now already spread across half of the country -- five million people have been affected by the floods. The death toll in Vietnam from massive flooding since July rose to 463 as tropical storms and flash floods continued to batter the region. Flooding has inundated seven of the twelve Mekong Delta provinces since July, affecting more than 4 million people. In the southern Mekong Delta region, the worst floods in four decades have claimed 366 lives, including 262 children. Damaged is estimated at $238 million, officials said. Water levels have been rising again over the past few days because of rains in southern Lao and high coastal tides.
Two new threats now facing flood victims -- the spread of cholera and crocodiles swimming down river from Cambodia. Outbreaks of cholera had been reported in Laos and Cambodia, and the disease was spreading towards Vietnam. Meanwhile, numerous crocodiles had been seen in the Hau River. The Saigon River in Vietnam at all-time record highest level
The rainy season is supposed to just be getting ready to enter its heaviest period, yet these areas have already had some of their worst flooding beforehand. This year's premature start will not help the situation at all. Planting of the main rice crop will likely be delayed, and evacuees may have to wait as long as a month to return home.
In Cambodia, sudden storms over the weekend left villages knee-deep in water. No casualty figures were available. The area had escaped the wrath of the overflowing Mekong river and its tributaries, which devastated vast portions of southeastern Cambodia and has left more than 270 people dead. An estimated 2.7 million people have been affected by the flooding since July, which Hun Sen described as the worst in history.
Deadly floods also devastate Brazil
Days of heavy rainfall in Brazil have caused floods, destroyed homes and killed at least six people. Brazilian officials said at least 5,000 others were homeless following the storms. Rains began on Wednesday, lashing 33 cities and rural towns in Rio Grande du Sul state. Rainfall sent rivers over their banks, destroying rice plantations and other crops in the state capitol of Porto Alegre. "It rained more in 10 hours than it typically rains in the entire month of October," Correia said. Although the rain stopped Saturday and flood waters began receding, weather forecasters expected even more rain to hit the area over the weekend.
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