Fires, floods as divine chastisement pummels U.S.

By Final Call News | Last updated: Jun 28, 2016 - 8:32:42 PM

Jay Bennett, left, and step-son Easton Phillips survey the damage to a neighbor’s car in front of their home damaged by floodwaters as the cleanup begins from severe flooding in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., June 24. A deluge of 9 inches of rain on parts of West Virginia destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses. Photo: AP/Wide World Photo

Immediately after the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan issued a divine and stern warning on The Breakfast Club radio program in late May that God would swiftly answer those with ill-intentions toward him with the forces of nature, weather anomalies and natural disasters across the country have intensified. Min. Farrakhan, standing firmly on the prophetic insight and guidance of his teacher, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad that America is also under divine judgment from God for her wicked treatment of Black and Indigenous people, also cautioned that the weather would continue to worsen.

At Final Call presstime, 23 fatalities were blamed on record devastating and unprecedented flash floods that swept through areas of central and southern West Virginia triggered by intense rains. At least 22 counties were still under a flash flood watch while 44 of the state’s 55 counties were declared a State of Emergency. Over 500 homes were destroyed or damaged and 17,000 were without power. In Kanawha County, the Elk River crested at 33.37 feet June 24, rising more than 27 feet from the day before. In Greenbrier County, over 10 inches fell. Reports stated that in one day, at least one quarter of West Virginia’s rainfall was received. At presstime, more rain was expected.

In Central California, wildfires continued devastating parts of that state. The Erskine fire had consumed 45,388 acres and only 40 percent was contained June 27. More than 2,000 firefighters were called in to battle the blaze reported the Los Angeles Times. In Kern County another fire burned 70 square miles and destroyed 150 homes. Arizona and New Mexico were also battling wildfires including a 46,000-acre fire near the Fort Apache Indian Reservation which was 60 percent contained at presstime.

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