Showing posts with label cyclone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cyclone. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Cyclone update

Just quick to update- I just heard on the news that they now expect the death toll to be around 100,000 people!!!!
That is just unbelievable.
Here's an excerpt:

YANGON, Myanmar - Bodies floated in flood waters and survivors tried to reach dry ground on boats using blankets as sails, while the top U.S. diplomat in Myanmar said Wednesday that up to 100,000 people may have died in the devastating cyclone.

Hungry crowds stormed the few shops that opened in the country's stricken Irrawaddy delta, sparking fist fights, according to Paul Risley, a spokesman for the U.N. World Food Program in neighboring Thailand. "Basically the entire lower delta region is under water," said Richard Horsey, Bangkok-based spokesman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid.



It just seems so wrong to go about my day like normal when there are so many people that are suffering in unspeakable ways right now.
I'm just praying that they start accepting help and some relief comes to these people and some good comes from this.







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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

So tragic






I couldn't believe my ears this morning when I heard on the news that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar has soared above 22,000!

I can't seem to wrap my mind around that many people being lost in this cyclone and also the suffering that those left behind are having to deal with.
They are saying that now the Government is finally saying they will accept help.

I can't help but think that this is another sign of end times. So many incredible weather events have been happening lately.

Please pray for these people, that some good would come of this tragedy. Perhaps if they allow help in, these people would be able to be witnessed to.



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