Louisiana and Mississippi were hit by two hurricanes and two tropical storms already this year; before recovering they are being hit again, by Hurricane Zeta, which is intensifying into a stronger-category storm as it moves north. Pray for five million residents preparing for the eye of the storm and the repair of damaged voting sites with the election days away. Across Indonesia high tides caused by the La Nina phenomenon in the Pacific has caused dozens of landslides and widespread flooding across most of 17,000 islands where millions of people live who are also bracing for further monsoon floods. Pray for emergency workers and residents, already battling the new coronavirus. May God assist them in responding to crises. A landslide at a coal mine on Sumatra killed 11 miners. After heavy rainfall over Vietnam a landslide killed 14 at an army barracks, burying many more. Typhoon Molave has now made landfall in Vietnam.
USA, South Asia: storms, hurricanes, floods
Written by David Fletcher 29 Oct 2020Additional Info
- Pray: for those fixing downed power lines and supporting those with power cuts. Also, pray for those removing debris from streets and supporting families with damaged homes. (Joshua 1:9)
- More: edition.cnn.com/2020/10/28/asia/vietnam-typhoon-molave-intl-hnk/index.html