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GREATLY INCREASED NATURAL DISASTERS
"And there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places." Mat.24:

Record number of natural disasters in 2007
Geneve (13 December) - Global warming has led to a record number of natural disasters in 2007. According to the International Red Cross, the number has increased by 20 percent compared to last year. By October there had already been more than 400 'Acts of God' since the beginning of the year.

The number of natural disasters had already hugely increased in recent years and they now affect 270 million people every year. In previous decades, this figure was 240 million.

The Red Cross says more than half of the disasters are caused by extreme weather.

The UN Climate Conference currently being held on the Indonesian island of Bali is discussing how to reduce CO2 emissions. But on the penultimate day of the talks, no agreement is in sight




The World Almanac tells us that there were only 21 earthquakes of major strength between the years 1000 and 1800. But between 1800 and 1900 there were 18 major earthquakes. In the next 50 years, between 1900 and 1950, there were 33 major quakes, and between 1950 and 1991 there were 93 major earthquakes, almost tripling the number of the previous half century, and claiming the lives of 1.3 million people around the world.
This dramatic increase of severe quakes has led many scientists to predict that we are entering a new period of great seismic disturbances. The Bible also clearly predicts that the Last Days will be a time of great seismic activity, with the earth reeling to and fro like a drunken man & the towers & the cities of the nations falling!		  
Asia's tsunami death toll soars
Nearly 220,000 people are confirmed dead in the Asian tsunami after Indonesia raises its toll dramatically.

• Worldwide Earthquake Activity in the Last Seven Days
• Pakistan's earthquake toll jumps
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January the 17, 1994, an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale causes $30 billion worth of damage in Los Angeles. Seismologists predict that California's imminent "big one" could be 50 times more powerful. January the 17, 1995, Over 5000 people are killed and 26,000 injured in the Great Hanshin quake in Japan.
The port city of Kobe is devastated, its infrastructure destroyed, and over 300,000 people made homeless. Japanese scientists at the Earthquake center in Tsukuba predict a much stronger quake measuring over 8 on the richter scale could hit the Tokyo area in the very near future. When either the California or the Tokyo quakes inevitably occur, the death toll, the devastation, as well as the impact on the World economy, will be unimaginable!

The Asian Earthquake/Tsunami Dec 26, 2004

Probably one of the biggest natural disaster of our lifetime


At-a-glance: Countries hit

INDONESIA

Impact: The western tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the closest inhabited area to the epicentre of the earthquake, was devastated by the tsunami. More than 70% of the inhabitants of some coastal villages are reported to have died.

Toll: The death toll stands at more than 166,000, but the true figure may never be known. More than 6,000 people are listed as missing. The number of homeless in Aceh and North Sumatra is estimated at 800,000.

Aid: All infrastructure has been wiped out in the worst-affected areas, leaving people without water, food or shelter. Many local government officials are dead or missing. Aid organisations were barred from the area because of separatist conflict, until the tsunami struck. Indonesia's army has now said relief workers must register to travel to remoter parts of Aceh province.

SRI LANKA

Impact: More people have died in Sri Lanka as a result of the tsunami than anywhere else, apart from Indonesia. Southern and eastern coastlines have been ravaged. Homes, crops and fishing boats have all been destroyed. The International Labour Organisation estimates that at least 400,000 people have lost their jobs.

Toll: More than 30,880 have died, and thousands more are missing. The number of homeless people is put at between 800,000 and one million.

Aid: A relief operation is in full swing but there has been a row over whether the government has given enough assistance to the north-eastern part of the country controlled by Tamil Tiger rebels. BBC correspondents say the disaster now looks likely to exacerbate rather than resolve ethnic grievances.

INDIA'S SOUTH-EAST COAST

Impact: India's south-east coast, especially the state of Tamil Nadu, was the worst affected area on the mainland. (See below for more details on the Andaman and Nicobar islands.)

Toll: More than 8,800 people are confirmed dead in mainland India, 7,968 of them in Tamil Nadu and almost 600 in Pondicherry (see below for data on the Andaman and Nicobar islands). Thousands more are still missing. At least 140,000 Indians, mostly from fishing families, are in relief centres.

Aid: Medical teams have begun a vaccination campaign to try to reduce the spread of disease.

INDIA'S ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS

Impact: Salt water, which washed over the islands, contaminated many sources of fresh water and destroyed large areas of arable land. Most of the islands' jetties have also been destroyed.

Toll: At least 1,894 of the islands' 400,000 people are confirmed dead and more than 5,500 are missing - 4,500 from Katchall island alone.

Aid: India has refused assistance from international aid agencies, because of the presence of a military base on one island and indigenous tribes on some others. About 12,000 people have been moved to relief camps on larger islands. Some remote tribespeople are known to have survived because they shot arrows at coast guard helicopters.

THAILAND

Impact: The west coast of Thailand was severely hit, including outlying islands and tourist resorts such as Phuket. Some bodies may still lie in the rubble of ruined hotels.

Toll: More than 5,300 are confirmed dead, but the Thai prime minister says this figure is certain to rise. About half of the bodies identified so far are foreigners, from a total of 36 countries.

Aid: Thailand has asked for technical help to identify the dead, and a huge operation to take DNA samples from the bodies is under way.

MALDIVES

Impact: Twenty of the Maldives' 199 inhabited islands have been described as "totally destroyed". The shallowness of the water limited the tsunami's destructive power, but flooding was extensive. A sea wall protecting the Maldives capital, Male, prevented half the city being destroyed, the UN said. Many luxury resorts will be closed for months.

Toll: At least 82 people have died and 26 are missing. About 12,500 have been displaced.

Paradise lost? Tsunami's impact on the tourist industry

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MALAYSIA

Impact: Although Malaysia lies close to the epicentre, much of its coastline was spared widespread devastation because it was shielded by Sumatra. However, scores of people were swept from beaches near the northern island of Penang.

Toll: At least 68 people are confirmed dead.

BURMA

Impact: The worst affected area was the Irrawaddy Delta, inhabited by poor subsistence farmers and fishing families.

Toll: Burma's military junta has put the death toll at 59, but the World Food Programme (WFP) says this may be an underestimate. One WFP employee found 200 households where at least one person, who had been out fishing when the tsunami struck, was missing.

BANGLADESH

Toll: Two people have been reported dead in Bangladesh.

SOMALIA

Impact: Somalia is the worst-hit African state, with damage concentrated in the region of Puntland, on the tip of the Horn of Africa. The water destroyed 1,180 homes, smashed 2,400 boats and rendered freshwater wells and reservoirs unusable, the UN said in a report on 4 January.

Toll: Nearly 300 Somalis are known to have died, with thousands more homeless and many fishermen still unaccounted for. About 50,000 people have been displaced.

Aid: The UN has called for $13m to help tsunami victims. Aid agencies with small ground operations in Puntland have delivered food and relief supplies, as has a German Navy helicopter. Somalia is anarchic and has few roads, presenting aid agencies with a major challenge.

KENYA

Toll: One person drowned in Kenya.

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TANZANIA

Toll: Ten people were killed in Tanzania.

SEYCHELLES

Toll: One person was killed in the Seychelles.

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