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Date: Saturday, December 18, 1999 2:27 AM
Subject: [Intl-Prayer-Alert] Please Pray For Those Affected


"Latest Headlines (AP)
202 Die in Venezuela Flooding  
The Associated Press
Dec 18 1999 2:15AM ET    
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) - With the death toll from Venezuela's torrential rains 
reaching over 200 and as many as 7,000 people missing, hundreds were trapped in 
their homes by mudslides and high waters.
President Hugo Chavez announced Friday that he was sending elite army paratroopers
to aid trapped survivors. A team of 1,000 soldiers was to use ropes to descend from 
helicopters with supplies for victims stranded on rooftops of buildings surrounded 
by water and mud.
The announcement came as officials conceded that the magnitude of Venezuela's 
disaster was far greater than previously thought."

Thank you for your prayers.