Tropical Storm Hannah is moving through the Bahamas. She has killed over 90 people in Haiti due to floods and mudslides, in addition to the 75 Haitians killed by Hurricane Gustav.

Haiti, an impoverished nation of 9 million souls, was already on the edge of starvation before these two storms. Most  Haitians live on less than $2 a day and the meteoric rise in the price of oil, along with manipulation of global markets by hedge funds, had already caused food shortages. As in other poor nations, Haitians rioted over skyrocketing food prices in April.

According to Reuters, the humanitarian group ActionAid has said that a major relief effort will now be needed in Haiti. The group’s director, Raphael Yves Pierre, advised that “The whole country is under water and Hanna has devastated crops everywhere.” President Rene Preval called the situation “catastrophic.”

Please pray for these people in this, hour of their need, and make a donation, however humble, to ActionAid.

In regard to Hannah, she has the potential to strengthen into a Hurricane and head up the East Coast. If she does, she could make landfall anywhere from Florida to the Carolinas.

Meanwhile the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stormtracker map shows two other tropical storms, Ike and Josephine, in the Atlantic and headed west toward the Caribbean.

It’s clear from all His parables, and from everything He said, that Jesus was telling us this crucial message:

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