We have often maintained that the periods around the Full or New Moon are susceptible to major natural disaster and the current New Moon period is a powerful illustration of this. In Chile for example a major on going eruption of the Chaiten volcano in the south of the country has forced the evacuation of over 4000 inhabitants of the region as the volcano continued to spew hot ash and smoke over neighbouring towns and villages. A further indication of the strong forces involved is the fact that the volcano had not previously erupted for around 2000 years.

Meanwhile in Myanmar, or Burmah as it is otherwise known, a devastating tropical cyclone has left at least 15,000 dead and thousands homeless.

For more information on these breaking stories please go to the following links.

[1] Chilean volcano erupts.

[2] Myanmar cyclone.