QUAKES VOLCANOES FLOODS MIDEAST WAR

1-Quake in Iran. 2-Quake southeast of Idaho. 3-Mayon Volcano erupts in Philippines. 4-Ecudar Volcano spews rocks. 5-Floods, high waves in Phang Nga province. 6-Spain urges, Israel, Lebanon border calm. 7-Eu gives more aid to Arab murderers.

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

GENESIS 6:13
13 For the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Moderate earthquake shakes southern Iran, 70 slightly hurt

TEHRAN, Iran A moderate earthquake has caused injuries and damage in Iran.The magnitude five-point-two quake struck near Zarand, about 600 miles southeast of Tehran.The governor of Zarand says more than 70 people were hurt, but most of the injuries were minor.The governor says people panicked when the quake hit and poured into the streets. Some buildings were damaged, as were some roads.Zarand was the scene of a devastating magnitude six-point-four-quake in February of 2005. At least 612 people were killed, more than 14-hundred injured and thousands left homeless.

An earthquake struck southeast Idaho Friday.

It was just like a rumble and it kind of went away, said Diane Lloyd of Grace. “Then I looked at the gal next door, and I said ‘I think that was an earthquake,and she said Yeah that was an earthquake.The earthquake hit shortly after 11 a.m. The center of the quake is about nine miles from Georgetown, and about the same distance from Grace.KIFI has received dozens of phone calls from viewers in Pocatello who say they felt the quake as well.The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake measured 4.0 on the Richter Scale.

That's large enough for people to feel.It was just a lot of shaking,said Makala Robinson. There were a total of three earthquakes in the same area Friday. Strangely, there was a series of earthquakes in the same area exactly two weeks ago.

Mayon volcano erupts in Philippines By BULLIT MARQUEZ
Sat Jul 15, 4:32 AM ET

LEGAZPI, Philippines - Lava flowed down the slopes of Mayon volcano, prompting authorities to stockpile food and prepared shelters. Officials said they saw no need to evacuate people just yet but warned the 8,118-foot volcano could blow in the weeks to come. The danger zone around the crater was extended from 3.75 miles to 4 miles on the southeastern slope where molten rocks have been rolling down since Friday, said Renato Solidum, chief of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

What is happening now is a mild and quiet type of eruption,Solidum said. If it is faster and stronger, it will lead to more hazardous eruuptions.Volcanologists monitored the number and types of earthquakes for signs of an imminent eruption.
On the streets of Legazpi city, capital of Albay province close to the volcano, 210 miles southeast of Manila, some residents watched as boulders and other debris cascaded from the crater, stirring up brownish-grey clouds of volcanic dust in their wake.

Late Friday, a 1.25-mile-long streak of lava snaked down the southeastern slope, said Jukes Nunez, an operations officer with the provincial disaster officer.Nunez said an eruption warning system already is in place for quick evacuation of nearby communities. He said radio stations also will broadcast emergency evacuation calls.Cedric Daep, Albay provincial disaster action officer, said relief officials were stockpiling food and putting evacuation centers on standby to see what needs to be repaired or added.

Mayon, one of the country's 22 active volcanos, last came to life in a series of eruptions in 2001, forcing the evacuation of about 50,000 people. Mayon has erupted about 50 times since 1616.More recently Mayon's most violent eruption, in 1814, killed more than 1,200 people and buried an entire town in volcanic mud. An eruption in 1993 killed 79 people.The Philippines is i n the Pacific Ring of Fire, where volcanic activity and earthquakes are common. Bulusan volcano, about 30 miles south of Mayon, has ejected ash in about five minor explosions since March.In June 1991, Mount Pinatubo exploded in the northern Philippines in one of the world's biggest volcanic eruptions of the 20th century. About 800 people were killed.

Ecuador volcano spews rocks, villages evacuated Fri Jul 14, 11:09 PM ET

QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) - Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano spewed ash, gases and molten rocks on Friday, forcing authorities to

evacuate four nearby villages after the crater registered its most volatile activity since a 1999 eruption. Tungurahua, located about 81 miles south of Quito, has been increasingly active since May when it shot out large clouds of hot gas and prompted officials to renew a limited state of emergency in nearby towns.Civil defense authorities ordered evacuations in four small villages in the areas surrounding the volcano, whose name means throat of fire in local indigenous Quichua language.It is one of the eight active volcanoes in Ecuador.

The volcano has been active for some time, but this is an eruption that goes beyond the sustained and moderate... and has become an eruption of much more energy, said Hugo Yepez, director of a local geophysics institute.Local television stations showed images of molten rocks blasting from the crater while radio reported ash raining down on the Andean provinces of Tungurahua and Chimborazo.Authorities have not yet declared a red alert, which would trigger a forced evacuation of all neighboring areas, one official said.The volcano's crater is little over a mile south of the tourist town of Banos whose 17,000 residents were forced to evacuate in
1999 after loud explosions and huge plumes of ash billowed out of the volcano. Emergency centers were set up in Banos to receive any residents fleeing from nearby villages.

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.

Floods, high waves forecast

Phang Nga Province has declared an emergency after three consecutive days of heavy rains put major portions of several districts under water.Heavy downpours are forecast to continue throughout Thailand this weekend, but the South faces possible flash floods and mudslides, a disaster service official warned. Director General Anucha Mokhavet of the Ministry of Interior's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said the southwest monsoons over the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand are quite strong, and could bring heavy rain to as much as 60-to-70& of the country.

People living near waterways in the southern provinces of Phang Nga, Krabi, Satun and Trang, as well as the northern provinces of Mae Hong Son, Tak and Uttaradit must prepare for evacuation to high ground, Mr Anucha said. All these provinces are currently vulnerable to flash floods, water runoff and mudslides, today through Sunday.Fishermen were also warned to be most careful when being offshore or, better still, to remain ashore as the ocean storms in the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand may be as high as two to three metres.

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

Spain urges Israel, Lebanon to calm border conflict

The Spanish government on Thursday called on Lebanon's militia group Hezbollah to release two Israeli soldiers it had captured a day before and urged Israel to act with moderation. Spain's Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Ministry issued a statement on Thursday, saying that the Spanish government expresses its unreserved condemnation of the armed attack and the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah (or Party of God) militants.The attack took place on Wednesday on the Israel-Lebanon border.

Earlier on Thursday, Israeli aircraft carried out attacks on Beirut's international airport and launched air strikes on southern Lebanon. The statement said that Israel's response had increased regional instability and brought about a deterioration in the Israel-Palestine peace process. Spain urged Lebanon to immediately and unconditionally release the captured soldiers and stop the attacks on Israel, while calling on Israel to act moderately and avoid escalating the violence. The statement said Spain was in permanent contact with international players, aiming to reduce the tension and help seek a solution to the crisis. Israeli forces have been attacking Lebanon for two days, targeting strategic installations, bridges, army bases and roads, after Hezbollah's cross-border raid
on Wednesday morning. Source: Xinhua

EU Lashes Israel, Announces New Aid to PA
17:31 Jul 14, '06 / 18 Tammuz 5766

(IsraelNN.com) The European Union (EU) Friday continued to lash out at Israel for its reprisals against the Hizbullah terrorist infrastructure and also announced another $63 million in aid for the Palestinian Authority (PA). The money is earmarked for food distribution, basic health services and water and sanitation, according to a EU commission statement. The EU has set up a mechanism to bypass the Hamas government, which the United States has blacklisted because it is a terrorist organization.

Louis Michel, commissioner for the aid, said he condemned the escalating violence but emphasized that civilians in the Gaza region and in Lebanon are casualties of the Israeli blockades and incursions.