- Catastrophic flooding in Puerto Rico as Hurricane Fiona dumps nearly 30 inches of rain
- Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico’s southwest coast on Sunday, bringing destructive flooding, mudslides and an island-wide power blackout one day after leaving one dead in the Leeward Islands. The storm went on to make a second landfall in the Dominican Republic very early on Monday morning.
- Fiona was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, when it made landfall.
- LUMA Energy, the private company that handles the transmission and distribution of electricity in Puerto Rico, stated that full power restoration could take days “due to the magnitude and scope of the blackout.”
- More than 778,000 residents in Puerto Rico were without drinking water as of Monday, El Nuevodia, a local news source reported.
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- Jackson water crisis: 180,000 without drinking water as treatment plant fails following floods
- A failure of a main water treatment plant in the wake of severe flooding last week has left much of the entire town of Jackson, Mississippi without reliable drinking water.
- Both Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Gov. Reeves have declared a state of emergency in Jackson and mobilized local and state resources to meet the challenge of now providing water to the city’s 180,000 residents.
- Jackson received over 9 inches of rain in two days and a total of over 10 inches over four days. Hundreds fled their homes as water rose to doorsteps and, in some cases, pushed indoors.
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- Mississippi mayor urges residents to ‘get out now’ as state braces for river flooding after record rainfall
- “If you are capable of getting out now, get out now,” Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said in a news conference
- He said it’s possible for 100 to 150 homes to be impacted in floods from the Pearl River and warned locals to head for higher ground or go to city shelters.
- Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency Saturday in anticipation of the Pearl River flooding, now forecast to crest at 35.5 feet Monday morning
- Mississippi has been grappling with flash flooding since Aug. 22. So far, 42 homes, nine businesses, five farms and 43 public roads have been reported as damaged, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said in its initial assessment.
- Some areas got 14 inches of rain in a 72-hour timeframe as the state saw record rainfall, the agency said.
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- ‘A catastrophe on a scale I have never seen’: A THIRD of Pakistan could be underwater before floods that have killed 1,061 people begin to recede, country’s experts warn
- More than 1,000 dead by drowning and building collapses amid ‘unprecedented’ two-month monsoon season
- Foreign minister Zardari described ‘floods from the sky’ and ‘water, water and more water’ in his hometown
- He added: ‘It is a catastrophe on a scale that I have never seen before’, imploring other nations for urgent help
- Politicians blame ‘horrors of climate change’ – but residents cite lax construction laws and state corruption
- Dramatic footage shows navy helicopter rescuing stranded boy and family transported over tiny bed frame
- Entire villages have been washed away as 33 million Pakistanis displaced or affected, foreign minister said
- Queen writes to Pakistani PM: ‘UK stands in solidarity with Pakistan as you recover from these terrible events’
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Revelations 2:5 “Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
Important Takeaways:
- At least one dead after Dallas area hit by 1-in-1,000-year flood
- In Mesquite, southeast of Dallas, a body was recovered Monday afternoon from a vehicle in a creek.
- Elsewhere, authorities conducted water rescues and evacuated residents from flooded areas; cars remained abandoned, some parked on the sides of interstates, either flooded or damaged in crashes; numerous highway ramps and lanes were shut down. At the interchange of Interstates 30, 45 and 75 — a trouble spot on good days — flooding had traffic down to a trickle in one lane.
- In some isolated areas, the rainfall totals would be considered a 1-in-1,000-year flood — a remarkable reversal given the dramatic drought that Dallas had faced for months. Several rainfall gauges recorded more than 10 inches.
- The downpour marked the latest such flood in the past few weeks across the United States. In one week alone, three 1-in-1,000-year rain events occurred, inundating St. Louis, eastern Kentucky and southeastern Illinois.
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- Firefighters carry several children and a baby through chest-high flood waters in Denver after their minivan became submerged – amid historic rainfall across the West that devastated Death Valley in rare ‘1,000 year rainfall event’
- Several children were rescued from a submerged vehicle in the middle of a Denver highway, as flash flooding slammed the area on Sunday
- Wading into chest-high water, the rescuers carried children, sometimes two at a time, out of the deep brown water and onto dry land
- Rescuers helped save a number of people from vehicles stuck on an Interstate
- Out west, Death Valley, California experienced heavy rain that caused devastating flooding, described as an extremely rare, 1,000-year event
- Nearly a year’s worth of rain fell in three hours leading to rock and mud slides
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- National Guard Rescues Hundreds Amid Flooding in Kentucky; 37 Dead
- Thus far Kentucky has confirmed that 37 residents have died from the flooding, including at least four children,
- The Kentucky National Guard — along with partners from bordering states — has rescued an estimated 580 people, according to Kentucky Guard spokesperson Lt. Col. Carla Raisler. The unit will soon be transitioning to food and water distribution for those affected by the disaster, she told Military.com.
- “As the National Guard we are conducting a joint mission using both Army and Air resources and capabilities and also reaching across state lines to West Virginia and Tennessee for assistance.”
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- Flooding in Central Appalachia Kills at Least 8 in Kentucky
- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear asked for prayers as the region braced for more rain.
- “In a word, this event is devastating,” Beshear said Thursday. “And I do believe it will end up being one of the most significant, deadly floods that we have had in Kentucky in at least a very long time.”
- Beshear warned that property damage in Kentucky would be extensive and opened an online portal for donations that would go to residents affected by the flooding.
- Meanwhile, dangerous conditions and continued rainfall hampered rescue efforts Thursday, the governor said.
- Flash flooding and mudslides were reported across the mountainous region of eastern Kentucky, western Virginia and southern West Virginia, where thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain over the past few days.
- us reported more than 33,000 customers without electricity in eastern Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia, with the bulk of the outages in Kentucky.
- Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for six counties in West Virginia after severe thunderstorms this week caused significant local flooding, downed trees, power outages and blocked roads.
- In West Virginia’s Greenbrier County, firefighters pulled people from flooded homes, and five campers who got stranded by high water in Nicholas County were rescued
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- Kentucky flooding: Homes, cars under water with over 22,000 power outages reported
- This catastrophic flooding in Kentucky came just two days after a historic flood in St. Louis killed one person on Tuesday when more than 9 inches of rain fell.
- In Buckhorn, a photo shared on social media showed the elementary school was almost completely underwater.
- More than 8 inches of rain has fallen in the city of Hazard since Wednesday, most of which fell in just a few hours early Thursday morning.
- Many other areas in eastern Kentucky have received between 4 and 8 inches of rain.
- The North Fork of the Kentucky River at Whitesburg has risen to an all-time record crest of 16.81 feet, smashing the previous record of 14.7 feet from Jan. 29, 1957. The river level rose more than 13 feet in about 7.5 hours early Thursday morning.
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Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”
Important Takeaways:
- Residents of Montana’s largest city are warned water supply could run out in 36 HOURS after the only local treatment plant was inundated by devastating floods that have also closed Yellowstone National Park ‘indefinitely’ for first time in decades
- Billings has just a 24-to 36-hour supply of water and officials asked its 110,000 residents to conserve
- Officials did express optimism that the river would drop quickly enough for the plant to resume operations before the supply ran out
- Heavy weekend rains and melting mountain snow had the Yellowstone River flowing at a historically high level of 16 feet as it raced past Billings
- The city gets its water from the river and was forced to shut down its treatment plant at about 9:30 a.m. because it can’t operate effectively
- ‘None of us planned a 500-year flood event on the Yellowstone when we designed these facilities,’ said Debi Meling, the city’s public works director
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