Luke 21:25,26 “There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Editor’s Note: Prophet Rick Joyner warns that when you see strange and extreme weather (record breaking highs, lows, floods, droughts, tornadoes, storms), it is a prophetic sign that the Revelation Days are upon us.
The Red Cross is estimating that at least 1,200 people are dead from Super Typhoon Haiyan.
The Philippines’ Disaster and Risk Reduction and Management Council said at least 350,000 people have been confirmed to have lost their homes because of the storm with that number expected to markedly rise in the next few days.
A witness told the Associated Press that he was ripped away from his home by flood water.
“When we were being swept by the water, many people were floating and raising their hands and yelling for help. But what can we do? We also needed to be helped,” Sandy Torotoro told the AP.
The storm surge devastated the airport in Tacloban airport.
“It was like a tsunami,” airport manager Efran Nagrama said. “We escaped through the windows and I held on to a pole for about an hour as rain, seawater and wind swept through the airport. Some of my staff survived by clinging to trees.”
Sebastian Rhodes Stampa, head of a UN disaster assessment co-ordination team said the last time he had seen damage on this level was in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
The storm at one point was so large that it covered the entire nation of the Philippines. The width of the storm measured over the distance between Florida and Canada and packed winds of 195 miles per hour at landfall. The storm moved across the islands at an average speed of 41 miles per hour which officials say likely helped decrease the amount of landslides and flash flooding.
Forecasters now believe the storm will weaken before making landfall late Sunday in central Vietnam.
