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I was speaking to Kevin late last night and he has requested prayer for his family and also for the people of Japan.  We've all heard on our news of the powerful typhoon that has hit.

Here's a news story about it.  It's worthwhile watching the video at this link too after the advertisement at the beginning.  Powerful storm!



Powerful Typhoon Neoguri lashes Japan's Okinawa islands

Nearly 600,000 people asked to evacuate homes. Great damage is likely from torrential rains if the typhoon hits land as expected on Thursday or Friday.

http://tinyurl.com/ndu9hk2


By: Elaine Kurtenbach The Associated Press, Published on Tue Jul 08 2014

TOKYO—A powerful typhoon pummeled the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa on Tuesday, paralyzing transport and prompting U.S. forces based there to cancel all outdoor activity.
The Okinawan government said 10 people were injured, one seriously. Separately, a man was reported missing from a fishing boat in rough seas off Kyushu island, to the north.

One of the strongest and biggest typhoons to hit during Japan's summer months, Typhoon Neoguri was packing sustained winds of 194 km/h and gusts up to 240 km/h, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

"Please refrain from non-essential activities and from approaching hazardous areas," said Meteorological Agency official Satoshi Ebihara. "Please show extreme caution."

We certainly do need to pray for all those impacted by this storm - and be sure that I am and will. 

I was speaking to Kevin again and he says that for the area he's in, the storm is still 24 hours away. 

The cyclone passed by the part of Japan where Kevin lives.  Praise God!