cannot start server

While i was playing on my home linux server my power glitched out. After rebooting my linux box and starting up my server i get this error:

14:10:59 [INFO] Preparing level "world"
14:10:59 [SEVERE] java.io.EOFException
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.readUByte(GZIPInputStream.java:224)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.readUShort(GZIPInputStream.java:214)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.readHeader(GZIPInputStream.java:153)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.<init>(GZIPInputStream.java:75)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.<init>(GZIPInputStream.java:85)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.CompressedStreamTools.a(SourceFile:8)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.PlayerNBTManager.c(SourceFile:95)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.<init>(World.java:87)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.WorldServer.<init>(WorldServer.java:29)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.SecondaryWorldServer.<init>(SecondaryWorldServer.java:8)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:172)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:146)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:283)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:422)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] java.io.EOFException
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.readUByte(GZIPInputStream.java:224)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.readUShort(GZIPInputStream.java:214)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.readHeader(GZIPInputStream.java:153)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.<init>(GZIPInputStream.java:75)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.<init>(GZIPInputStream.java:85)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.CompressedStreamTools.a(SourceFile:8)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.PlayerNBTManager.c(SourceFile:107)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.<init>(World.java:87)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.WorldServer.<init>(WorldServer.java:29)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.SecondaryWorldServer.<init>(SecondaryWorldServer.java:8)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:172)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:146)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:283)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:422)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] java.lang.NullPointerException
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.WorldServer.c(WorldServer.java:120)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.a(World.java:1950)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.Chunk.addEntities(Chunk.java:470)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.ChunkProviderServer.getChunkAt(ChunkProviderServer.java:78)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.ChunkProviderServer.getOrCreateChunk(ChunkProviderServer.java:117)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.getChunkAt(World.java:252)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.getTypeId(World.java:195)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.isEmpty(World.java:199)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.a(World.java:166)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.WorldProviderHell.a(SourceFile:37)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.canSpawn(World.java:158)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.c(World.java:144)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.World.<init>(World.java:109)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.WorldServer.<init>(WorldServer.java:29)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.SecondaryWorldServer.<init>(SecondaryWorldServer.java:8)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:172)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:146)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:283)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:422)
14:10:59 [SEVERE] Unexpected exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
at net.minecraft.server.WorldServer.c(WorldServer.java:120)
at net.minecraft.server.World.a(World.java:1950)
at net.minecraft.server.Chunk.addEntities(Chunk.java:470)
at net.minecraft.server.ChunkProviderServer.getChunkAt(ChunkProviderServer.java:78)
at net.minecraft.server.ChunkProviderServer.getOrCreateChunk(ChunkProviderServer.java:117)
at net.minecraft.server.World.getChunkAt(World.java:252)
at net.minecraft.server.World.getTypeId(World.java:195)
at net.minecraft.server.World.isEmpty(World.java:199)
at net.minecraft.server.World.a(World.java:166)
at net.minecraft.server.WorldProviderHell.a(SourceFile:37)
at net.minecraft.server.World.canSpawn(World.java:158)
at net.minecraft.server.World.c(World.java:144)
at net.minecraft.server.World.<init>(World.java:109)
at net.minecraft.server.WorldServer.<init>(WorldServer.java:29)
at net.minecraft.server.SecondaryWorldServer.<init>(SecondaryWorldServer.java:8)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:172)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:146)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:283)
at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:422)


Please i need help....

 

Your world is corrupt. I'm not sure there is any other way to fix you up besides restoring from backups.

 

Wow...

 

There is a good reason I backup my world every hour, and its not just cause I use a ramdisk.