FIRST POTENTIAL HURRICANE

Story 1-First Caribbean tropical depression. 2-Floods kill 93 in China. 3-Cholera in Angola. 4-Hanavirus worries officals.

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; (mass confusion) 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.

GENESIS 6:13
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

First Caribbean tropical depression of 2006 forms 11 minutes ago

MIAMI (Reuters) - The first tropical depression of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season formed south of Cuba on Saturday and could become a tropical storm as it moves toward the United States, U.S. forecasters said. The depression, which will be given the name Alberto once its maximum sustained winds reach 39 miles per hour (63 km per hour), was located around 45 miles west-southwest of Cabo San Antonio on the western tip of Cuba at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT). It was expected to bring heavy rain to the communist-run Caribbean island and also served as a wake-up call to residents of U.S. coastal areas battered by eight hurricanes in
the last two years, including Hurricane Katrina -- the most costly natural disaster in U.S. history and one of the deadliest.

The depression was moving north-northwestward, and while the longer-term tracks of storms are always highly uncertain, was expected to make landfall on Monday somewhere between central Florida and the state's westernmost reaches near Alabama, the U.S.National Hurricane Center said.Laden with rainfall but not particularly powerful in terms of their winds, tropical storms can cause deadly floods in poor countries where buildings are often ramshackle but do not present a significant threat to developed nations.When their maximum sustained winds reach 74 mph (119 kph) they become hurricanes and the possibility of death and destruction
begins to increase.Forecasters have predicted that 2006 will see more storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic than an average season.But it should be nothing like last year, when a record 28 tropical cyclones spawned 15 hurricanes, including monster storms like Katrina, which flooded New Orleans, killed more than 1,300 people and caused $80 billion in damage.

93 killed as torrential rains lash southern China 30 minutes ago

BEIJING (AFP) - At least 93 people have died in torrential rains that have battered southern China over the past two weeks. Eleven people are missing and nearly 12 million have been affected by rains, floods and landslides, China Daily reported, quoting the Ministry of Civil Affairs.Some 560,000 people have been evacuated and economic losses in the region have been estimated to be 7.66 billion yuan (957.5 million dollars), it added.

Fujian province on the southeast coast has been the hardest hit with at least 45 people confirmed killed since the end of May, it said.The water level in some parts of Nanping city rose to six metres (19.8 feet), it said.Rains also lashed the southwestern province of Guangxi, killing at least 14 people since Monday and forcing the evacuation of 112,000, the newspaper said.In Wuzhou Thursday, 306 millimetres of rain fell in eight hours -- equivalent to one-fifth of the city's annual average rainfall, the report said.

REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Cholera death toll over 1,646 in Angola

The World Health Organization said here on Friday, a cholera outbreak in Angola that broke out mid- February has claimed than 1,646 lives from more than 43,316 cumulative cases until Thursday. In its latest update on the epidemic that has infected in 14 of Angola's 18 provinces, the WHO said that 238 new cases of the disease and three deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours.

Cholera, an acute intestinal infection spread by contaminated water or food, causes vomiting and acute diarrhea that can lead to dehydration and death within 24 hours if not treated swiftly with antibiotics and oral rehydration salts. Angola's 27-year civil war, which ended in 2002, devastated the country's water and sanitation systems. (Source: Xinhua)

Hantavirus Cases Have Experts WorriedFrom Times Wire Reports,June 10, 2006

As many as 19 people may have been infected this year with hantavirus, a rare disease spread by mice, and officials are worried more cases may follow. Nine confirmed infections, four fatal, occurred in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, South Dakota and Washington by the end of March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. Ten suspected cases have
been reported since April.

Last year, there were 34 cases, 10 ending in death. Hantavirus, which causes fever, deep muscle aches and shortness of breath, kills 30% to 40% of those infected. The disease is mostly found in rodent-infested areas, and the increase may be tied to excess rain this year that has helped the animals thrive, officials said.