Blog note. Jesus indicated that ‘fearful sights’ (various natural disasters) would occur leading up to the time known as the Tribulation and Great Tribulation (a combined seven year period of great destruction on earth). Although these types of things have occurred in the past for centuries and thousands of years, they could be identified as the ‘season of the times’ due to the ferociousness of these events. They would be occurring in greater intensity, severity, frequency, size, duration, scope … just like the pains that a woman experiences in labor the farther along she is in the labor process. We are in the ‘season of the times’ that comes just before the seven (7) year Tribulation/Great Tribulation period

… And great earthquakes shall be in diverse places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. (Luke 21:11).

… And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; (Luke 21:25)

… Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken; (Luke 21:26)

… This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. (2 Timothy 3:1)
Jesus is giving a series of prophecies about what to look for as the age of grace comes to a close. These verses are several of many such prophecies from throughout the Bible. 2017 was the worst year in recorded history for the intensity, frequency, severity, duration and occurrence of a large number of severe natural disasters worldwide. Earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones, torrential flooding, unprecedented wildfires in unusual places, devastating droughts, excessive/scorching heat setting records everywhere, record snowfalls in Europe and Russia. Snow in the Arabia. This list can go on. Most studied Eschatologists believe these ‘fearful sights’ and massive natural disasters are all part of the ‘CONVERGENCE’ of signs that this Biblical and prophetic age is closing. Most people who study prophecy are familiar with the routine reference(s) made that these things will be like a woman having labor.

Massive glacier collapse and catastrophic mudflow near Machu Picchu, Peru. Five (5) deaths. 10 (5+5) missing. 15 (5+5+5) villages affected.

Posted by Julie Celestial on February 27, 2020 Watchers.news

A massive glacier collapse took place near Machu Picchu (Cusco Region, Urubamba Province) on February 23, 2020, resulting in a catastrophic debris flow that claimed the lives of at least five people and left 10 others missing.

Diario Correo reported that the event was caused by a glacial collapse on Salkantay mountain, based on a hypothesis by hydrology and glaciology specialist Oscar Vilca Gomez.

Gomez said he had visited the site of the detachment as part of a research team from the National Institute for Glacier Research of the Ministry of Environment.

An estimated 400 000 m³ (14 million ft³) of ice, rocks and other material fell off the west face of the mountain into Salkanraycocha lagoon, drastically increasing the flow of the Salkantay River.

The debris flow affected at least 15 villages on both sides of the river bed, claiming the lives of at least 5 people and leaving 10 missing, as of February 27.

The total figures are uncertain given the magnitude of the flow

Local, regional and national authorities provided help to isolated communities, and are still searching for the missing people.

According to the initial assessment by Dr. Dave Peley of The Landslide Blog, there appears to be a wedge failure in the rock mass that has fragmented and caused the ice avalanche. As of writing, it is yet to be cleared as to which slope has failed to generate the avalanche.

The event can be compared to the 2012 Gayari avalanche in Pakistan and the 2017 Villa Santa Lucia landslide in Chile, Petley noted.

“If this is indeed the scar then my interpretation is that this is a classic wedge failure in the rock mass, with a near-vertical fall onto the ice and moraine at the toe of the slope,” Petley noted on February 28.

He added that the rock slope would have been a combination of rock and ice, both on the surface and within fractures.

The mass likely fragmented on impact, forming an ice or rock avalanche. This then caught debris and ice or water, eventually becoming the mudflow seen on the footage.

The mudflow moved in a manner similar to a lahar, with a huge volume, high velocity, and long-runout.

Meanwhile, a water scientist and civil engineer Julio Montenegro posted his interpretation of the event on his social media account, based on an image of the scar traced on pre-event imagery.

As of early February 28, the confirmed death toll stands at 5, the number of missing people at 10, and injured at 13.