FLOODS LANDSLIDES FIRES

Story 1-Floods displace 66,000 in India. 2-China landslides kill 12.3-Quebec fires.

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.

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.

Floods displace 66,000 people in India Fri Jun 9, 2:46 AM ET

GUWAHATI, India (AFP) - Floods caused by summer monsoon rains displaced about 66,000 people in India's northeast, while heavy rains disrupted traffic in eastern India, officials said. In northeastern Assam state, floodwaters from the Brahmaputra river had inundated about 13,000 hectares (33,000 acres) of land, the state government said.The affected people have been shifted to safer places with relief materials distributed among the flood-hit victims,a statement said.

No casualties were reported from Assam, but heavy rains and lightning storms have claimed at least 140 lives nationwide since the monsoon hit last month.According to the Central Water Commission, the Brahmaputra was flowing above the danger level in at least six places.The 2,906-kilometer (1,816-mile) river -- one of Asia's longest -- traverses China's Tibet region, India and Bangladesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.

Every year the monsoon causes the river to flood, submerging paddy fields, washing away villages, drowning livestock and killing many in the remote state of 26 million people.In 2004, at least 200 people died and more than 12 million were displaced in the floods.In the eastern city of Patna, three consecutive days of heavy rain flooded homes and roads, disrupting traffic, correspondents said.In the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where water in four rivers was close to danger level, the government had sanctioned three billion rupees (65 million dollars) for the construction and maintenance of embankments, officials said.

Southern China landslides kill at least 12 By AUDRA ANG, Associated Press Wrter Fri Jun 9,

12:00 AM ET BEIJING - Landslides triggered by torrential rain in southern China killed at least 12 people and injured 24, while residents in another province escaped unhurt after the bank of a river collapsed and flooded nearby villages, the government said Friday. The landslides occurred Thursday in Wuzhou, a city in the Guangxi region, during nine hours of heavy downpour, the official Xinhua News Agency said.The rain began Wednesday and caused a series of landslides that collapsed 1,195 houses, Xinhua said. Some 14,929 people were evacuated, it said.In Fujian province, also in the south, the bank of a rain-swollen river collapsed Thursday and flooded 11 villages filled with sleeping people. No injuries were discovered and water levels were receding, Xinhua said Friday. The breech has been plugged, it said.

The disasters come amid what the government says is the worst summer flooding in parts of China in three decades.At least 55 people have been killed and 12 are missing in Fujian and two other provinces since late May from heavy rains that have caused floods and landslides and washed away part of a rail-link between Beijing and Hong Kong.Across southern China, at least 378,000 people have already been evacuated from the provinces of Fujian, Guangdong and Guizhou due to floods prompted by an unusually heavy seasonal monsoon, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said. China suffers hundreds of deaths every year in floods set off during the June-to-August rainy season, although the season's first storm arrived unusually early this year.The rains played havoc on transportation, flooding streets and requiring thousands of police and military officers to evacuate residents by boat.

REVELATION 7:2-3
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

Weather helping quell fires near Quebec reserve Last updated Jun 9 2006 08:11

AM EDT ,CBC News-Rain and shifting winds are helping firefighters battle forest fires in northern Quebec, where more than 3,500 people have been forced to leave their reserve.Fire officials say the situation has improved since Thursday. Two of three fires raging close to the Mistissini reserve, located about 550 kilometres north of Montreal, were under control and a third was headed in the opposite direction.

As many as 30 fires were burning in the region Thursday.It is not yet known when people may be able to return to their homes. The reserve was evacuated Wednesday, when fires were generating heavy smoke and threatening to cut off the only road out of Mistissini.A convoy of buses and cars took people to Chibougamau, about 50 kilometres southwest of the reserve. They are being put up in schools and an arena.Kathleen Wootton, deputy chief of the Cree Nation of Mitissini, told CBC News that everyone was coping really well and praised the accommodations and hospitality they have received. However, she said, people are very anxious about their homes.