AUSTRALIA FLOODING CONTINUES TO GET WORSE

1ST ANGEL OF CONTINENTS OF THE LORD TO DR DOCTORIAN

The first angel said: I have a message for all of Asia. When he said that, in a split few seconds, I could see all of China, India, the Asian countries like Vietnam, Laos - I've never been to those countries. I saw the Philippines, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. And then the angel showed me all of Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya and down to Australia and New Zealand.I am the angel of Asia, he said. And in his hand I saw a tremendous trumpet that he is going to blow all over Asia. Whatever the angel said, it's going to happen with the trumpet of the Lord all over Asia. Millions are going to hear the mighty voice of the Lord. Then the angel said, There shall be disaster, starvation - many will die from hunger. Strong winds will be looked like has never happened before. A great part shall be shaken and destroyed.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

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;(FIERCE WINDS)
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.

PICTURES OF AUSTRALIA FLOODING
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Australia-Flooding/ss/events/wl/122910australiaflood

Australia mulls cost of epic floods
– Sun Jan 23, 3:05 am ET

SYDNEY (AFP) – Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan on Sunday warned that epic flooding that has hit 3.1 million people across the nation would require difficult decisions, as the wall of water threatened more towns.Swan said strong population growth and development meant the deluge had wrought unprecedented damage, hitting many more homes and businesses than major floods and cyclones in the 1970s or the 2009 wildfires, which killed 173 people.The exact impacts of this epic disaster on our budget will be accounted for in time, but there?s no doubting the final tally will be very significant, said Swan in his first weekly economic note for 2011.There is no doubt the recent floods will rank as one of the most costly natural disasters in our history.The muddy waters continued their march through southern Victoria state Sunday, surrounding the town of Swan Hill and nearby villages.Emergency officials delivered 120,000 sandbags to residents there but a spokesman told AFP the levee was expected to hold when the Loddon River peaked in coming days, before meeting with the Murray, Australia's largest river.

The floods have already swamped an area larger than France and Germany combined in northeastern Queensland state, where two sets of what appeared to be human remains were found in the Lockyer Valley and nearby Lowood.At least 20 people were killed in the furious Lockyer Valley floods, described by witnesses as an inland tsunami and another nine are still missing. Mining and farming centre Queensland contributes 19 percent to national output, and its extensive swamping meant enormous damage for the economy, especially the key coal export industry.Queensland produces around 80 percent of coking (steelmaking) coal in Australia, said Swan.Coking coal itself contributes around 10 percent to Australia's exports, and coking coal exports contribute around two percent to GDP.Crops and tourism had also taken a hit, said Swan, while the record inundation of Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city, had shaken the retail and manufacturing sectors.Swan said 3.1 million people had been hit by the floods nationwide and disaster relief payments had already topped Aus$227 million ($224 million), with a massive task ahead rebuilding roads, railways and bridges.

A public appeal has raised more than Aus$135 million dollars and mining giant BHP Billiton on Sunday donated another $10 million, vowing to take a leading role in the recovery efforts.BHP has eight major steelmaking coal mines in Queensland and says the floods slashed production by 30 percent, squeezing prices for Asian steelmakers.
Swan said the enormous recovery effort ahead would require difficult spending cuts in our budget, and we?re working through all the options -- including a temporary levy.Levies were used in the past to fund a gun buyback after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in which 35 people died, to protect staff entitlements after flagship airline Ansett collapsed in 2001, and to support the dairy and sugar industries, Swan said.We are determined to do all that we responsibly can to throw our support behind the Queensland people through this devastating time, but at the same time we have to do the right thing by the nation?s economy,he said.

Southeast Australia set for another week of floods By ROHAN SULLIVAN, Associated Press – Sat Jan 22, 11:52 pm ET

MELBOURNE, Australia – Rural Australian towns braced for another week of flooding Sunday as a vast lake continued to spread across the country's southeast and a potential tropical storm threatened the northeast.The flooding began more than a month ago in Australia's northeast Queensland state, where 30 people have died, more than 30,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed and at least 3 billion Australian dollars ($3 billion) in crops and coal exports have been lost.Record rains have shifted the flood emergency focus to southeast Victoria state, which is usually parched during the southern summer.Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan said in a statement Sunday that the floods will rank as one of the most costly natural disasters in Australian history and its impact on the economy will be felt for years.

The government will announce its first cost estimates on Friday, he said.The State Emergency Service has warned that a lake about 55 miles (90 kilometers) long northwest of the Victorian capital of Melbourne will continue coursing inland for the next week until it spills into the Murray River.Emergency services were focusing their efforts 210 miles (340 kilometers) northwest of Melbourne at Swan Hill, a town of 10,000 where the Murray meets the swollen Lodden River and flood waters are expected to peak mid week, SES spokesman Sam Bishop said Sunday.SES said 75 towns in the state have been affected by flooding and another five to 10 towns are still in the floodwaters' northern path across flat wheat-growing country.Almost 2,000 homes and businesses were flooded or isolated and close to 5,000 people have been evacuated, SES said.Meanwhile, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology warned Sunday that a low pressure system off the north Queensland coast could develop into a cyclone over the next few days.The bureau rated the chances of a cyclone — which could lash the coast with gale-force winds and torrential rains — at between 20 percent and 50 percent.

Australian inland sea flood threatens towns
– Sat Jan 22, 3:09 am ET

MELBOURNE (AFP) – Australia's flood crisis deepened Saturday with a giant inland sea threatening more communities in the southeast, as officials continued the grim search for bodies in worst-hit Queensland.Sandbagging was underway in some villages in Victoria, where weeks of floods have affected as much as one-third of the state, with swollen rivers overflowing in 75 towns and flooding some 1,770 properties.We know that this is the most significant flooding in the north west of Victoria since records began... about 130 years ago, a spokeswoman for the State Emergency Service told AFP.We are still on alert for towns in the north of the state.Floodwaters which national broadcaster ABC described as a moving inland sea covering an area 90 kilometres (56 miles) long and 40 kilometres wide, were threatening towns around Swan Hill, some 300 kilometres northwest of Melbourne.In the actual Swan Hill township itself, we are very confident that the levee system around the town is built to a very high grade and will protect the township, Mayor Greg Cruickshank told ABC radio.

But rural and outlying areas will have significant amount of inundation through them, he said.While thousands of people around the state have been urged to evacuate, emergency services warned that those people who choose to remain on their properties in the rural areas could be stranded by the floods.A number of these communities will be isolated for days as this huge amount of floodwater comes through, SES spokesman Kevin Monk said.Eastern Australia has been lashed by torrential rains triggered by La Nina, a weather system associated with cyclones, which caused massive floods that devastated Queensland and spread south to New South Wales.After surging torrents of dirty brown water flooded an area the size of France and Germany combined in Queensland -- killing more than 30 people and leaving a massive trail of destruction -- more floods developed in Victoria.As the recovery and clean-up continues in Queensland, hundreds continued the search for the missing from violent flash floods which swept houses and cars into churning waters in the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane.

Nine people are still missing after the floods which tore through towns such as Toowoomba and Grantham on January 10.About 400 police were involved in search and clean-up efforts on Saturday and Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale said the strain of the extended crisis was telling.I think people are tired now, they're fragile and there's a lot of issues in regards money and support, he told ABC.The floods which shut down Brisbane, the country's third largest city, also dumped tonnes of debris -- including cars, parts of buildings, and boats -- into the Brisbane River which the navy was Saturday working to clear.As the waters recede in many areas of Queensland, the 75,000-strong city of Rockhampton, which was almost entirely isolated by floods earlier this month, is expected to soon have its air link back.Some three weeks after Rockhampton airport's runway disappeared under water, daytime flights will resume on Monday after all major repairs and fencing work has been completed, officials said. But the floodwaters are expected to remain in much of Victoria for days.We are still experiencing river peaks so that's going to obviously increase the amount of time, the SES spokeswoman said. But in low-lying areas where there is flood waters, they can hang around for weeks.

POISONED WATERS

REVELATION 8:8-11
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood:(bitter,Poisoned) and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.(poisoned)

REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they(False World Church and Dictator) have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

24 pilot whales die in New Zealand stranding
– Fri Jan 21, 12:24 am ET

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New Zealand conservation officials on Friday euthanized 10 pilot whales, the only survivors of a 24-strong pod that became stranded in a mangrove swamp.The whales had been found earlier in the day trapped in the shallow water and mud in Parengarenga Harbor on North Island, with 14 already dead.The mammals had been there for some time and the 10 survivors were in poor shape, said Department of Conservation area manager Jonathan Maxwell.With worsening weather and a high tide more than eight hours away, the chance of successfully refloating the whales was virtually nil, Maxwell said.Sadly, the current conditions were against these animals. The kindest thing was to end their suffering, he said. If we felt there was a real chance we could have successfully rescued them, we would have.Pilot whales travel in pods of family groups and when one becomes stranded, others follow to try to help and also become stuck.

Pilot whales are the most common whale species in New Zealand waters, and are normally between 13-19 feet (4-6 meters) in length.Last week, volunteers and conservation workers successfully refloated one young Gray's Beaked whale after it stranded. Four other adult mammals died on the beach.New Zealand has several whale strandings around its coastline each summer, with mass strandings of as many as 450 of the mammals.Whale experts have been unable to explain why the mammals apparently swim into dangerously shallow waters.