ABADDON APOLLYON DESTRUCTION

1-Europe sweats over Water.2-Quake hits Andaman Islands. 3-110 dead in Indonesia floods. 4-Gas,debris from Mount Merapi.

Interesting that Abaddon is the name of a chief angel of Satan whose domain is the bottomless pit.In Hebrew, Abaddon signifies the place of destruction personified. In the Greek Abaddon is called Apollyon.

Abaddon is used also as a parallel with Sheol (hell)
JOB 26:5-6
5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

PROVERBS 15:11
11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

PROVERBS 27:20
20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

WITH DEATH
JOB 28:22
22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

WITH THE GRAVE
PSALMS
88:11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

REVELATION 9:1-11
1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

Europe sweats over water21/06/2006 12:40 - (SA)

Paris - Summer has still to make its official start in Europe, yet many countries are sweating - and it has less to do with the immediate temperature than out of worry for their water supplies. If the sun god Apollo decides to put on a show similar to the heat wave that held western Europe in a molten grip in 2003, half a dozen countries are on course for water shortages that will be socially disruptive and economically costly, experts and officials say. Southern Spain, south-eastern England and western and southern France are viewed as chronically vulnerable, while eyes are anxiously following water availability in parts of Portugal, Italy and Greece, incompletely recovered from the scorcher of three years ago.

Drought conditions

Several years of above-average temperatures, below-average rainfall and extraction of water for farms, holiday homes and population densification are driving the big crunch. You're talking about the ideal conditions for a drought, of a lack of water and rising temperature,said Carlo Lavalle, an expert in risk analysis at the European Union's Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy. In Spain, reservoirs and water tables are at their lowest levels in 10 years, failing to recharge after last year's drought, which was the worst since reliable record-keeping began in 1947.The worst exposed region is the south, which has developed fast in the past two decades with thirsty irrigated crops, golf courses and tourist resorts.

10 weeks of intense rain needed

In south-eastern England, reserves of water are only at 54% of capacity, after the driest winter since 1963-4. Specialists say 10 weeks of intense rain are needed to redress the balance; a damp May, which gave twice that month's average rainfall, has not even made a significant dent in the problem. As a result, drought orders and other restrictions have been issued to 13 million people for the first time in this region in 11 years, amounting to bans on hosepipes, sprinklers, car washing, the filling of swimming pools and other non-essential uses.

Alternative sources of water

Local suppliers are scrambling for alternative sources, looking at the possibility of transporting water by tanker ship from Scotland and Norway - and even of building a desalination plant for London. In France, the authorities have for months been building public awareness that the Atlantic and Mediterranean regions face big problems of water scarcity. On June 7, agriculture minister Dominique Bussereau revived a national drought committee to monitor water availability for farms. Water restrictions have already begun in rural areas of the Charente-Maritimes and Deux-Sevres department in the west, and in the Tarn department, in the south-west.

'Water stressed'

In Italy, most of the country has still to recover from the 2003 drought, a smaller version of which hit northern regions again in 2005. The country is officially classified along with Cyprus, Italy and Spain as "water-stressed," meaning that withdrawal of water is 20% more than totally available supplies. In Portugal, 2005 brought the worst drought in 60 years, prompting the government to propose a programme of dam construction and improved water management. The 2003 drought hit continental central and western Europe for much of July and August that year. It inflicted economic costs, mainly in shrivelled crops and burned forests, of more than €12bn, according to the European Commission. The heat wave also cost tens of thousands of lives, principally among the elderly and poor in health.

Global warming

Ronan Uhel, head of spatial analysis at the European Environment Agency (EAA) in Copenhagen, said the data pointed to a trend that had been continuing for at least a decade - and global warming is a clear factor. Summers are getting hotter, demand for water is increasing and at the same time, rainfall is decreasing, he said. The shift in precipitation has been especially felt in the Iberian peninsula, western France, southern Britain and Ireland, which get their rainfall from the warm, moist winds off the Atlantic. On the other hand, northern latitudes and central and eastern Europe, as well as northern Britain, have had normal or even above-average rainfall this year.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Earthquake hits India's Andaman Islands Wed Jun 21, 10:41 AM ET

NEW DELHI (AFP) - An earthquake measuring 5.5. on the Richter scale has struck India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which were badly hit by the December 2004 tsunami.The intensity of the earthquake was moderate. It was recorded in the Nicobar Islands this evening,an official at the Indian Meteorological Department said Wednesday.There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.The US Geological Survey measured the quake, which struck at 12:34 GMT, at a magnitude of 6.0 and said its epicentre was 151 kilometres (94 miles) southwest of Misha in the Nicobar Islands.The 2004 tsunami was triggered by a massive undersea earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

LUKE 21:25-26
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;
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

More than 110 dead in Indonesia floods, 101 missing Wed Jun 21, 11:07 AM ET

SINJAI, Indonesia (AFP) - Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 111 people in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province and left a further 101 missing. The disaster, which has hit at least seven districts in the province after two days of torrential rain, is the latest in a series of similar tragedies to hit the world's biggest archipelago this year.Saktianto, an officer at the South Sulawesi search and rescue agency, said Wednesday the latest report from Sinjai, the worst-hit district, showed 103 people had been killed and 99 were still missing.

Saktianto said floods killed 64 people while landslides claimed another 39 lives there.Another two people were killed in Bantaeng district and another in Bone district, while two others were missing. Six of those missing earlier were found, local officials said.The district police chief in Bulukumba district said five people had died there.Sinjai district spokesman Budiman said some of the victims would be buried in a mass grave because families could not take care of their dead.A number of families have asked the district government to take care of the corpses," he was quoted as saying by the state-run Antara news agency.

At the hospital in Sinjai some 15 bodies were laid out, including children as young as five, as relatives cried and clutched at bodies. Some became hysterical. Budiman said the death toll would likely increase, saying some flood-hit areas could not be reached as roads were blocked by landslides.President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed condolences for the deaths.The most important thing is to treat the injured, he said according to Antara.Residents sifted through what remained of their belongings after the floods swept through their homes.Police, the military and others were searching for survivors, Muhidin, a search and rescue official in the South Sulawesi capital of Makassar, told AFP. The government on Wednesday dispatched aid for the victims. Social Affairs Minister Bachtiar Chamsyah said sarongs, blankets, biscuits, medicine, body bags and medical staff were to be flown in.

The minister told reporters he had also ordered local social welfare offices to distribute 100 tonnes of rice to the affected districts.Antara reported that the meteorological office in Makassar was warning of more heavy rains over the next three days.The weather cleared by Wednesday morning, however, and many residents were returning to their homes, the agency said.Flash floods and landslides in Indonesia are not unusual, although monsoon rains typically peak in January. In April floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains killed at least 23 people in East Java. At least 12 people were killed in similar disasters in January on other islands while more than 150 people lost their lives in two separate landslides on Java.

Gas, debris surge from Indonesian volcano Wed Jun 21, 10:11 AM ET

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia - Indonesia's Mount Merapi sent avalanches of searing hot gas and debris roiling down its scorched slopes Wednesday, and a scientist warned that the peak's fragile lava dome still posed a threat to thousands of villagers. The 9,700-foot volcano has been at a near-continuous state of high alert for seven weeks, forcing the evacuation of thousands of villagers in a government-designated danger zone.More than half a dozen avalanches carried gas and volcanic debris more than two miles down the peak's flanks, said Subandrio, a government scientist who used only one name.

Magma has swelled into a volatile lava dome on the southern crater, he said, and there is a likelihood that it will collapse, causing an avalanche of the hot gas and volcanic debris trapped within it. The government has ordered the evacuation of all residents living within about four miles of the peak, but says it cannot force them to leave or prevent villagers from returning to check their houses and crops. Hundreds have refused to go. Another possible threat is posed by rain forecast for coming days that could wash millions of tons of ash and rock fragments down Merapi's steep slopes in powerful mudslides.Two people died last week when hot gas shot down the mountain. Searing gas clouds killed more than 60 villagers in 1994 and more than 1,300 people died in a a major eruption in 1930.