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Cyclone Nargis slammed through a 30,000 square kilometer area of the coast of Myanmar over the weekend, leaving destruction and death in its wake. more

The current food crisis in the Republic of Haiti stems from rapidly rising food prices fueled by the worldwide oil crisis. The price of rice and beans, which are staples in Haiti, has risen dramatically in the past few months. more

More than 300 people were injured and 40 people killed in a 6.1 magnitude earthquake that shook the South Kivu area on the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.  more

The political crisis in Kenya continues...The crisis, however, extends well beyond political contentions. more

As the rainy season in Central Africa continues, the countries located along the Zambezi River – Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Zambia – face increasing rainfall and rising riverbanks. more

The sky is darkened with smoke, burning cars and tires mark the streets, houses burn too, windows are broken. People with a handful of personal belongings run seemingly aimless through the streets, trying to save their lives as others run and smash everything that is in their way. The sound of sporadic gunshots fills the air. Children cry. more

Six weeks after Tropical Storm Noel, people are still displaced from their homes and living in shelters.  On December 11, 2007, they faced another setback as Tropical Storm Olga began to pound the already rain soaked country.  Olga raced across Puerto Rico and the island of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti) requiring many to once again flee from their homes. more

Robert was concerned. The winds had been increasing steadily. He went to the ministry center and the little school to see whether all was well. Then he made his way to see his parents and friends. He knew their meager huts could not withstand a heavy storm.  He told them, “Please, take your children and essential belongings, and go to the Catholic or Nazarene ministry centers. You will be safer there!” more

The cyclone that hit Bangladesh on November 15, 2007 affected 23 districts (political) in Bangladesh. Of these, 14 districts were severely affected. According to the government, 2,388 have died. People expect that they will find many more dead in the next few day as rescue efforts continue. Some reports forecast that there may be as many as 10,000 fatalities. more

Cyclone Sidr hit land in Bangladesh at night on Thursday, November 15, 2007.  According to the Associated Press, at least 1,100 people have lost their lives and thousand more, their homes. more

Three weeks after the storm, the island of Hispaniola is still reeling from the affects of Tropical Storm Noel.  Many creeks and rivers are still running high.  Many homes and entire communities still have water in and around them. more

The Dominican Republic and Haiti knew they would get some rain out of the latest tropical storm, but most people, including the forecasters thought the storm would pass south of the island just as it did during Hurricane Dean.  But Sunday night, the storm took an unexpected turn and began to dump buckets of rain on the Dominican Republic.  more

Hurricane Dean moved over southern Jamaica on August 19, directly hitting Kingston, the capital.  On August 22, the eye of the hurricane passed just north of the Belize-Mexico border.  The devastating winds did not respect the international delineation and caused destruction in both Belize and the Yucatan peninsula. more

In the midst of the earthquake tragedy, the Church of the Nazarene in South America is living out the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They are meeting each other’s immediate needs. more

An earthquake rocked the coast of southern Peru on Wednesday, August 15 at a magnitude of 8.0. Over 500 people are dead, and thousands are homeless. more

The worst flooding in decades continues to devastate Bangladesh....One-third of the country has been declared a disaster zone. more

Rainstorms throughout the South Central US have recently dropped as much as two feet of rain on parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas. more

The worst violence in 17 years has recently devastated, the city of Mogadishu, capital of Somalia.  It is reported that 500,000 people have fled the capital since the violence began three months ago.  A cholera outbreak has killed hundreds of children and elderly in the last eight weeks. more

On Saturday, May 4th, a tornado with winds in excess of 200 mph devastated the southern Kansas town of Greensburg, killing at least eight and injuring dozens more. The Greensburg tornado, classified EF-5 (the National Weather Service’s most intense rating), was nearly two miles in diameter and remained on the ground for twenty-two miles, destroying nearly 95% of the town. more

On April 2, 2007, an earthquake registering 8.1 resulted in a tsunami with waves between two and ten meters high on the coast of Gizo, Solomon Islands. At least 20 people have died as a result. The natural disaster has left thousands homeless and destroyed at least 13 villages. more

Sri Lanka has been suffering from nearly 25 years of unrest and threat of civil war between the minority Tamils and the majority Singhalese. According to the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency), over 150,000 Sri Lankans have recently fled to the Batticaloa area, leaving behind all of their belongings. more

Tornado's slammed into Enterprise, AL, Thursday March 1, 2007 killing at least 18 people and counting. The tornados were part of severe weather system that affected a large part of the country. More than 50 people were hospitalized due to injuries inflicted by the storm. A roof collapsed at Enterprise High School pinning students and teachers under the debris, killing five. more

Flying over the delta of the Zambezi River into the Sofala region of Mozambique, the Nazarene Compassionate Ministries team along with people from partner organizations saw an unbelievable sight—houses surrounded by water making it difficult to determine where the actual river bed was, acres of maize crops drowned, and roads covered by streams of water. more

During the night on February 10, 2007, Dave Restrick, a Nazarene missionary in Maputo, Mozambique, received a phone call. Rev. Fernando Gimo, the district superintendent of the Caia region, was calm but spoke of an approaching tragedy: "We are sitting on the roof of our huts, and the water is rising every hour, higher and higher. more

The north of Bangladesh, India, and the plains area of Nepal (Terai) have been overwhelmed by a severe cold wave. Many have alreay lost their lives, including a Nazarene Pastor. more

Typhoon Durian hits the Philippines with maximum speeds of 190-225 km/h resulting in landslides and mud flows claiming lives and leaving many people injured and homeless. more

The violence continues in the Middle East and danger mounts. All of our Nazarene churches in the affected areas remain unharmed. But they are surrounded by danger. more

Attacks in the South Kivu district have killed 58 people and injured and displaced many more. more

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