JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
OTHER NEPAL QUAKE STORIES
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/04/hundreds-to-thousands-dead-as-nepal.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/04/2300-dead-in-india-quake-as-67.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/04/4000-so-far-have-been-killed-in-nepal.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/04/4500-dead-8000-injured-in-nepal.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/04/over-5100-killed-10000-injured-in-78.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/04/5500-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78-quake.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/6000-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/6700-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/7000-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/7100-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/7367-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/7700-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/7710-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/7759-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78.html
EARTHQUAKES
ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
UPDATE MAY 08,2015-12:00AM
8,019 ARE NOW KILLED IN THE NEPAL 7.8 QUAKE.17,356 INJURED.330,000 HOMES DESTROYED.
UPDATE MAY 11,2015-12:00AM
8,019 ARE NOW KILLED IN THE NEPAL 7.8 QUAKE.17,356 INJURED.330,000 HOMES DESTROYED.
UPDATE AFTERSHOCKS FROM 7.8 QUAKE AT KATHMANDU AT 12PM
3.6 16km NW of Grapevine, California 2015-05-10 11:42:58 UTC-04:00 0.6 km
2.7 28km WSW of Mendota, California 2015-05-10 11:40:15 UTC-04:00 1.9 km
4.7 South of the Fiji Islands 2015-05-10 11:01:11 UTC-04:00 561.4 km
4.5 5km W of Payapa, Philippines 2015-05-10 10:11:45 UTC-04:00 224.6 km
4.9 35km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 2015-05-10 10:07:58 UTC-04:00 102.3 km
4.4 4km NNW of Del Carmen, Philippines 2015-05-10 08:37:33 UTC-04:00 128.6 km
3.2 68km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015-05-10 08:25:57 UTC-04:00 111.0 km
4.8 47km SSE of Honiara, Solomon Islands 2015-05-10 07:57:15 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
3.0 5km S of Volcano, Hawaii 2015-05-10 05:58:50 UTC-04:00 0.9 km
2.9 69km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico 2015-05-10 03:45:50 UTC-04:00 42.0 km
2.7 54km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska 2015-05-10 03:33:09 UTC-04:00 79.8 km
3.8 24km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015-05-10 02:21:30 UTC-04:00 162.0 km
4.7 113km N of Lautoka, Fiji 2015-05-10 01:57:56 UTC-04:00 25.4 km
3.1 33km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015-05-10 00:43:58 UTC-04:00 43.0 km
3.2 22km S of Medford, Oklahoma 2015-05-10 00:11:25 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
3.4 34km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic 2015-05-09 23:51:25 UTC-04:00 53.0 km
4.4 46km NNW of `Munjan, Afghanistan 2015-05-09 23:47:19 UTC-04:00 154.3 km
4.2 40km ENE of `Afghanistan 2015-05-09 23:18:11 UTC-04:00 101.5 km
4.2 54km NW of Lebu, Chile 2015-05-09 22:40:34 UTC-04:00 34.6 km
5.6 121km SSW of Tres Picos, Mexico 2015-05-09 20:50:18 UTC-04:00 6.7 km
4.5 25km SSE of Madang, Papua New Guinea 2015-05-09 20:06:04 UTC-04:00 13.0 km
2.6 43km SE of Bridgeport, California 2015-05-09 17:41:16 UTC-04:00 8.8 km
2.6 16km S of Honoka'a, Hawaii 2015-05-09 15:11:42 UTC-04:00 32.3 km
4.8 149km ESE of Yigo Mayor's Office, Guam 2015-05-09 14:46:33 UTC-04:00 34.1 km
4.8 157km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 2015-05-09 14:11:50 UTC-04:00 50.0 km
3.0 11km N of Summit Park, Utah 2015-05-09 13:41:45 UTC-04:00 9.8 km
2.8 29km W of Anchorage, Alaska 2015-05-09 13:12:37 UTC-04:00 46.6 km
3.0 1km WNW of Redwood Valley, California 2015-05-09 13:07:11 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
2.6 44km NNW of Valdez, Alaska 2015-05-09 12:27:18 UTC-04:00 15.7 km
British Student Among Nepal Earthquake Dead-Sky NewsSky News – MAY 9,15-YAHOONEWS
A missing British backpacker has been confirmed dead following the earthquake in Nepal, the Foreign Office says.The family of Matthew Carapiet have paid tribute to the 23-year-old, saying he "made a huge impression on the lives of everyone he met".The architecture student from Bearsted in Kent was trekking through Nepal's Langtang Valley when the earthquake struck on 25 April.The 7.8-magnitude quake, which triggered avalanches and mudslides, killed more than 8,000 people and reduced whole villages to rubble.
In a statement released through the Foreign Office his family said: "Matt was touring Asia in a gap year before planning to continue his architecture studies in the autumn."He spoke to us regularly about how much he was enjoying his travels and we know he was doing something that he loved."He had been trekking in Nepal for two weeks before the earthquake."Matt is loved by his family and friends who all have countless memories of how kind, happy and caring he was."He made a huge impression on the lives of everyone he met."Mr Carapiet's last known location was near Langtang village, a popular trekking destination.Reports say the village was home to 435 people and 55 hotels and guest houses, but just one house was left following the earthquake.Mr Carapiet's friends had previously spoken about the agonising wait for news.Rob Bailey, the partner of Mr Carapiet's sister, said before the FCO confirmed his death: "We are waiting for the phone to ring and dreading the phone ringing simultaneously. It is a horrible feeling."We are hoping Matt wasn't in the village at that time. The family are holding in but it has not been easy."The only option we have got now is to be patient. The work the teams out there are doing isn't easy."The confirmation of Mr Carapiet's death came as the Government revealed that almost 100 more British Army Gurkhas have arrived in Nepal to help with the relief effort.Around 300 British military personnel have now been sent to the region.The 92 Gurkhas from 36 Engineer Regiment, based in Maidstone, Kent, arrived in two groups on Friday and Saturday.Their focus will be on providing support to the villages of serving and veteran Gurkhas and their families, the Ministry of Defence said.
OTHER BALTIMORE LOOTING-BURNING
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/terrorist-level-increases-at-military.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/germanwings-pilot-done-practise-run-of.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/us-probing-islamic-state-isis-claime-it.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/after-5-days-10pm-5am-curfew-was-lifted.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/the-perilous-new-push-to-excuse.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/even-thought-6-officers-were-charged.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/my-scenario-of-how-police-thug-rough.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/04/day-4-of-baltimore-gray-riots-case.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/04/curfew-and-community-work-togeher-to.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/04/rioters-criminal-goons-burn-and-loot.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/04/baltimore-lunatic-rioting-students.html
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-10
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,(sex while married) nor effeminate,(HARDENED SODOMITES) nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards,(ALCOHOLICS) nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
JEREMIAH 17:9
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
FREDDIE GRAY TIMELINE-ARREST TO WESTERN DISTRICT POLICE STATION
POLICE PURSUIT APR 12,15 8:39AM
THE ARREST 8:40AM
THE VAN REQUEST 8:42AM
POLICE STOP THE VAN 8:46AM
STOP #1 8:49AM CHECK ON GRAY
EN ROUTE TO CENTRAL BOOKING 8:54AM
STOP #2 8:54AM-8:59AM
STOP #3 8:59AM CHECK ON GRAY
STOP #4 9:02AM 2ND PRISONER PICKED
AT THE POLICE STATION 9:26AM-MEDICS REQUIRED FOR UNCONSCIOUS GRAY.
UPDATE MAY 10,2015-01:00PM
WERE IS THE OUTCRY AND THE PROTESTS TO SUPPORT THE 2 MISSISSIPPI POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE MURDERED YESTERDAY.BLACK ON BLACK MURDERS. THESE WERE.THE WHITES SHOULD BE OUT AROUND THE WORLD PROTESTING ALL THE BLACK ON BLACK COP KILLINGS BY BLACKS.YOU WILL NEVER SEE OBAMA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THESE 2 BLACKS MURDERING 2 INNOCENT BLACK POLICE OFFICERS.OH NO THATS NOT A RACIAL ISSUE FOR THAT RACE BAITER-CNN- OBAMA OR SHARPTON.
Baltimore police push to get prosecutor Marilyn Mosby off Freddie Gray case-In a court motion to dismiss charges against them, Baltimore police officers arrested in the death of Freddie Gray say prosecutor Marilyn Mosby surrendered to an 'inferno of human rage' and that they were 'offered up to the masses' to quell rioting.Christian Science Monitor By Patrik Jonsson-may 9,15
In motions filed Friday, six Baltimore police officers charged with a range of criminal misconduct in the death of Freddie Gray suggested they are victims of a prosecutor’s “political motivations,” including a desire by elected officials to quell riots by offering cops “up to the masses.”The likelihood that a Baltimore District Court judge dismisses charges altogether is scant, given what has been reported as hard evidence that officers involved in Mr. Gray’s arrest and transport had criminally reckless disregard for his well-being while in their custody.Yet the defense’s motion does hint at an evolving but so far manageable situation for prosecutor Marilyn Mosby, a young African-American lawyer who’s been on the job only a few months: That her own personal relationships, the speed at which she brought charges, and questions around allegations of false arrest, might fuel debate over weaknesses in the prosecution’s case.Motions to dismiss are standard in legal proceedings. Nevertheless, there is at least a hairline crack in the prosecution’s case.
In fact, the most immediate concern for the government, says David Gray, a professor at the University of Maryland Law School, is whether Ms. Mosby’s contention that Freddie Gray’s arrest itself was illegal will hold up, given recent Supreme Court rulings allowing officers to make “reasonable mistakes of the law” when stopping someone.To be sure, the false arrest allegations pale against the central murder and manslaughter charges. But the illegal imprisonment notion cuts to a key protester complaint: That Gray was targeted, arrested and ended up dead not for anything he had done wrong, but for who he was – a young black man from a rough part of town.Gray sustained mortal neck injuries after being left unbuckled in the back of a police wagon. Arrested and injured on April 12, Gray died on April 19. Peaceful protests as well as riots ensued, tapping into simmering distrust between the police department and swaths of Baltimore’s black community, all while touching on disgruntlement in some parts of America around how police treat young black men walking the street.The six officers in Baltimore (three of them white, three black) were arrested nearly two weeks after Gray’s death, and following protests and looting in parts of Baltimore that ended with injuries to nearly 100 officers, and dozens of cars and businesses set ablaze.In their motion, the officers point to the tense security situation as the impetus for Mosby’s swift allegations. Her marriage to an outspoken city councilman, Nick Mosby, also undermines her case, the officers allege in their court motion. At the very least, the officers want the court to appoint a more independent prosecutor.“ The need to quell the raging inferno of human rage and revulsion within the confines of the 7th District was emergent,” the motion reads. “These officers soon found themselves offered up to the masses by Mrs. Mosby to quell the uprising that caused most harm to the district where her husband is the City Council representative.”One of the officers had already begun to challenge the charges against him. Officer Edward Nero demanded in court documents filed Monday to have the knife found in Gray’s pocket released to the public, to determine whether it was in fact a legal knife, as Mosby has said.The disagreement is over vague knife laws that differentiate between “automatic” switchblade knives and “spring-assisted” knives that can be flicked open quickly using one’s thumb.Those fuzzy legal lines, however, may not matter. Police officers, unlike citizens, are allowed to make “reasonable mistakes of the law” as they interpret whether conduct is illegal.Given a December 2014 US Supreme Court ruling affirming that concept, the false arrest allegations may be difficult to prove, says Mr. Gray at the University of Maryland.As he told the Monitor last week, even if an objective look at Gray’s knife showed that it’s legal to carry in Baltimore, “is it still unreasonable for the officer to think that it could be an illegal knife? That’s a close call.”For her part, Mosby has defended her charge sheet, saying the public will understand her reasoning once facts are presented at trial.Along those lines, the officers’ motion to dismiss on Friday came amid published court documents that allege that the senior Baltimore officer at the Freddie Gray scene, Lt. Brian Rice, had used his position two weeks before encountering Gray to tell fellow officers that “heads will roll” if they didn’t arrest his ex-girlfriend’s husband over a personal matter.
Netanyahu seeks to hike number of ministers in new govt-AFP-may 10,15-yahoonews
Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel's outgoing cabinet on Sunday approved legal changes that will allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to boost the number of ministers in his new government.In its last meeting before Netanyahu's new government is to be sworn in by Wednesday, the cabinet voted to push back the implementation of a law limiting the number of ministers to 18.The amendment, which must now be put to a vote in parliament, aims to allow Netanyahu to have a broader cabinet of 20 ministers in order to give portfolios to senior members of his ruling rightwing Likud party, officials said."The government has decided to delay implementation of a law limiting the number of ministers to 18 and the number of deputy ministers to four, until the next parliament," an official in Netanyahu's office told AFP.The Knesset is expected to vote on the amendment on Monday in a bid to have it passed before Wednesday, the last day Netanyahu can legally swear in his new government.It needs an absolute majority to pass, in what will be the first test of strength for Netanyahu's coalition, which has a razor-thin majority of 61 in the 120-seat parliament.Commentators said the goal was to head off criticism within Likud, which won 30 seats, after Netanyahu was forced to make concessions to his four coalition partners: the centre-right Kulanu (10 seats), the far-right Jewish Home (eight) and the two ultra-Orthodox parties Shas (seven) and United Torah Judaism (six).
- 'Jobs for the boys' -
In order to secure their support, he offered them more portfolios than expected, leaving little for his own party members.The move to amend the law angered former finance minister Yair Lapid, head of the centrist Yesh Atid party, who was instrumental in having it passed and has vowed to approach the High Court to block the change."They are not expanding the government to 20 ministers as they say but much more than that. They are taking money that is destined for welfare, health, education and security and wasting it on political arrangements and jobs for the boys," he said in a statement."We will fight this in the Knesset, we will fight it at the High Court, we will fight it in the street and we will fight it at every step because it is a violation of the democratic principle that the government works for its citizens," he pledged.Yesh Atid had said it would petition the high court against the proposed legislation on Monday morning.Netanyahu has reportedly asked the Knesset speaker to speed up the passage of the bill and allow for all three readings to take place on Monday.The law capping the number of ministers was approved last year in an attempt to reduce public spending.When Netanyahu began his second term in office in 2009, he presided over a 30-member government, the largest in Israel's history.He reduced the number to 22 in the government he formed in 2013.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 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;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
Typhoon slams into north tip of Philippines; 2,500 evacuated-Associated Press-MAY 10,15-YAHOONEWS
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful typhoon slammed into the northeastern tip of the Philippines on Sunday, as about 2,500 residents in two provinces huddled in shelters following warnings by officials to evacuate coastal and mountainous villages.Typhoon Noul, packing winds of 185 kilometers (115 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 220 kph (136 mph), made landfall in Cagayan province's coastal town of Santa Ana late Sunday afternoon and was moving northwest at 17 kph (11 mph), the government's weather bureau said.Around 2,500 residents were evacuated to safer grounds in Cagayan and Isabela provinces, and no casualties or damage were immediately reported, said Norma Talosig, the civil defense regional director. "Hopefully it brings only rain because we need rain," she said.Public works personnel were using chain saws to clear roads of fallen trees in Cagayan's Gonzaga town, DZMM radio reported. Some towns in the province were without power.Forecasters warned of 1.6-meter (1.75-yard) -high storm surges in Santa Ana, which also includes Palaui Island, with a population of about 30,000 people.They said the typhoon was expected to weaken after hitting land, and to move faster as it rides strong surrounding winds. It is forecast to blow out of the country Tuesday morning and head toward southern Japan.About 300 people who had fled to shelters near Mount Bulusan, southeast of Manila, returned home Sunday after the typhoon moved northward, sparing the province mudslides involving volcanic debris, said Joric dela Rosa, a civil defense worker in the region.The coast guard suspended ferry services in areas affected by the typhoon, stranding more than 5,000 passengers.About 20 storms and typhoons hit the Philippines each year. The strongest on record to make landfall, Typhoon Haiyan, devastated the central Philippines in November 2013, claiming more than 7,300 lives.
The Latest on severe weather: Tornado hits South Dakota town-Associated Press By The Associated Press-MAY 10,15-YAHOONEWS
11:15 a.m.The National Weather Service has received reports of a tornado hitting a small southern South Dakota town.Meteorologist Philip Schumacher at the service's Sioux Falls office says law enforcement officials said a tornado hit Delmont about 10:45 a.m. Sunday.Delmont has about 200 residents and is about 90 miles southwest of Sioux Falls.Schumacher said no deaths have been reported and it wasn't known whether there were injuries. He said a couple buildings have been damaged.
11 a.m.The National Weather Service has issued tornado watches in several Midwest and Great Plains states, running until 9 p.m. Sunday in many places.Watches have been issued for north and central Texas, eastern Oklahoma, western Arkansas, western Iowa, eastern Nebraska and parts of Minnesota and South Dakota.
At least 1 dead as tornadoes move through North Texas-Associated Press By The Associated Press-MAY 9,15-YAHOONEWS
CISCO, Texas (AP) — Multiple tornadoes tore through North Texas on Saturday, leaving one person dead and others unaccounted for in a sparsely populated farming and ranching area as the system slowly weakened while advancing toward Fort Worth, officials said.One of the twisters caused "five miles of destruction" as it ravaged homes in a rural area south of the town of Cisco, about 100 miles west of Fort Worth, Eastland County Judge Rex Fields said."The homes that I've seen, there are just maybe one or two walls standing," Fields, who also serves as the county's emergency services coordinator, told The Associated Press. "(The tornado has) taken them into pieces and blown them out into pastures."Fields said one person was killed and there were likely other injuries. Authorities were going house to house to assess the damage, but that proved difficult amid the heavy rainfall, he said.The extent of injuries or fatalities also wasn't immediately clear in the town of Burkburnett, about 15 miles north of Wichita Falls, where a second tornado touched down. A police dispatcher who declined to give her name due to department policy said tornado sirens could be heard in Burkburnett just before 6 p.m.As the storm moved toward Fort Worth later in the evening, the National Weather Service had canceled tornado warnings in the counties still in its path.The weather service on Saturday afternoon had elevated to "moderate" the risk of tornadoes in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area and elsewhere across North Texas. Eastland County, which was part of the enhanced zone, was pelted with 3-inch hail as the storm rumbled through.Storms also brought heavy rain and quarter-sized hail to parts of southwest Oklahoma on Saturday afternoon, but meteorologists said there was so much rain — and so little sunshine — that the tornado threat there lessened throughout the day.Parts of western Kansas also were hit by severe weather ripe for tornadoes. In Kansas City, in the eastern part of the state, a band of rain halted the Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway.But the threatening skies stretched beyond the Plains states, as twin weather systems stretching from the Carolinas to California produced an unseasonably early tropical storm in the Atlantic and a late-season snowstorm in the Rocky Mountains. Tropical Storm Ana's forecast track is expected to go near the coasts of North and South Carolina on Sunday.Meanwhile, up to 5 inches of snow was possible in the Nebraska Panhandle this weekend, and parts of South Dakota could receive between 12 to 24 inches of snow, according to the weather service.
More storms headed for Great Plains after tornadoes kill one, injure 12 in Oklahoma-Reuters By Heide Brandes-May 7, 2015 7:30 PM-YAHOONEWS
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Thunderstorm and flash flood warnings were issued for several Great Plains states on Thursday, a day after a series of tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma, causing one death, injuring 12 and flattening buildings.One woman who sought safety in her home's storm shelter died when it flooded in Wednesday night's storms, Oklahoma police said.The weather system battered a region from Texas to Nebraska and spawned dozens of reported tornadoes on Wednesday.Large parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and North Texas were under flash flood and severe thunderstorm watches on Thursday. A tornado warning was issued for the area around the North Texas town of Jacksboro, the National Weather Service said.Six people from a mobile-home park damaged by a tornado southwest of Oklahoma City were taken to a hospital in the region, including an 80-year-old woman in critical condition with hip injuries, hospital spokeswoman Brooke Cayot said.Thousands of homes and business in Oklahoma were without power on Thursday morning, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission said.(Writing by Jon Herskovitz; Additional reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee and Eric M. Johnson in Seattle; Editing by Bernadette Baum, Will Dunham and Peter Cooney)
OTHER NEPAL QUAKE STORIES
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/04/hundreds-to-thousands-dead-as-nepal.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/04/2300-dead-in-india-quake-as-67.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/04/4000-so-far-have-been-killed-in-nepal.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/04/4500-dead-8000-injured-in-nepal.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/04/over-5100-killed-10000-injured-in-78.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/04/5500-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78-quake.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/6000-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/6700-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/7000-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/7100-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/7367-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/7700-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/7710-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/05/7759-are-now-killed-in-nepal-78.html
EARTHQUAKES
ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
UPDATE MAY 08,2015-12:00AM
8,019 ARE NOW KILLED IN THE NEPAL 7.8 QUAKE.17,356 INJURED.330,000 HOMES DESTROYED.
UPDATE MAY 11,2015-12:00AM
8,019 ARE NOW KILLED IN THE NEPAL 7.8 QUAKE.17,356 INJURED.330,000 HOMES DESTROYED.
UPDATE AFTERSHOCKS FROM 7.8 QUAKE AT KATHMANDU AT 12PM
3.6 16km NW of Grapevine, California 2015-05-10 11:42:58 UTC-04:00 0.6 km
2.7 28km WSW of Mendota, California 2015-05-10 11:40:15 UTC-04:00 1.9 km
4.7 South of the Fiji Islands 2015-05-10 11:01:11 UTC-04:00 561.4 km
4.5 5km W of Payapa, Philippines 2015-05-10 10:11:45 UTC-04:00 224.6 km
4.9 35km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 2015-05-10 10:07:58 UTC-04:00 102.3 km
4.4 4km NNW of Del Carmen, Philippines 2015-05-10 08:37:33 UTC-04:00 128.6 km
3.2 68km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015-05-10 08:25:57 UTC-04:00 111.0 km
4.8 47km SSE of Honiara, Solomon Islands 2015-05-10 07:57:15 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
3.0 5km S of Volcano, Hawaii 2015-05-10 05:58:50 UTC-04:00 0.9 km
2.9 69km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico 2015-05-10 03:45:50 UTC-04:00 42.0 km
2.7 54km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska 2015-05-10 03:33:09 UTC-04:00 79.8 km
3.8 24km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015-05-10 02:21:30 UTC-04:00 162.0 km
4.7 113km N of Lautoka, Fiji 2015-05-10 01:57:56 UTC-04:00 25.4 km
3.1 33km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015-05-10 00:43:58 UTC-04:00 43.0 km
3.2 22km S of Medford, Oklahoma 2015-05-10 00:11:25 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
3.4 34km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic 2015-05-09 23:51:25 UTC-04:00 53.0 km
4.4 46km NNW of `Munjan, Afghanistan 2015-05-09 23:47:19 UTC-04:00 154.3 km
4.2 40km ENE of `Afghanistan 2015-05-09 23:18:11 UTC-04:00 101.5 km
4.2 54km NW of Lebu, Chile 2015-05-09 22:40:34 UTC-04:00 34.6 km
5.6 121km SSW of Tres Picos, Mexico 2015-05-09 20:50:18 UTC-04:00 6.7 km
4.5 25km SSE of Madang, Papua New Guinea 2015-05-09 20:06:04 UTC-04:00 13.0 km
2.6 43km SE of Bridgeport, California 2015-05-09 17:41:16 UTC-04:00 8.8 km
2.6 16km S of Honoka'a, Hawaii 2015-05-09 15:11:42 UTC-04:00 32.3 km
4.8 149km ESE of Yigo Mayor's Office, Guam 2015-05-09 14:46:33 UTC-04:00 34.1 km
4.8 157km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 2015-05-09 14:11:50 UTC-04:00 50.0 km
3.0 11km N of Summit Park, Utah 2015-05-09 13:41:45 UTC-04:00 9.8 km
2.8 29km W of Anchorage, Alaska 2015-05-09 13:12:37 UTC-04:00 46.6 km
3.0 1km WNW of Redwood Valley, California 2015-05-09 13:07:11 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
2.6 44km NNW of Valdez, Alaska 2015-05-09 12:27:18 UTC-04:00 15.7 km
British Student Among Nepal Earthquake Dead-Sky NewsSky News – MAY 9,15-YAHOONEWS
A missing British backpacker has been confirmed dead following the earthquake in Nepal, the Foreign Office says.The family of Matthew Carapiet have paid tribute to the 23-year-old, saying he "made a huge impression on the lives of everyone he met".The architecture student from Bearsted in Kent was trekking through Nepal's Langtang Valley when the earthquake struck on 25 April.The 7.8-magnitude quake, which triggered avalanches and mudslides, killed more than 8,000 people and reduced whole villages to rubble.
In a statement released through the Foreign Office his family said: "Matt was touring Asia in a gap year before planning to continue his architecture studies in the autumn."He spoke to us regularly about how much he was enjoying his travels and we know he was doing something that he loved."He had been trekking in Nepal for two weeks before the earthquake."Matt is loved by his family and friends who all have countless memories of how kind, happy and caring he was."He made a huge impression on the lives of everyone he met."Mr Carapiet's last known location was near Langtang village, a popular trekking destination.Reports say the village was home to 435 people and 55 hotels and guest houses, but just one house was left following the earthquake.Mr Carapiet's friends had previously spoken about the agonising wait for news.Rob Bailey, the partner of Mr Carapiet's sister, said before the FCO confirmed his death: "We are waiting for the phone to ring and dreading the phone ringing simultaneously. It is a horrible feeling."We are hoping Matt wasn't in the village at that time. The family are holding in but it has not been easy."The only option we have got now is to be patient. The work the teams out there are doing isn't easy."The confirmation of Mr Carapiet's death came as the Government revealed that almost 100 more British Army Gurkhas have arrived in Nepal to help with the relief effort.Around 300 British military personnel have now been sent to the region.The 92 Gurkhas from 36 Engineer Regiment, based in Maidstone, Kent, arrived in two groups on Friday and Saturday.Their focus will be on providing support to the villages of serving and veteran Gurkhas and their families, the Ministry of Defence said.
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EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-10
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,(sex while married) nor effeminate,(HARDENED SODOMITES) nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards,(ALCOHOLICS) nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
JEREMIAH 17:9
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
FREDDIE GRAY TIMELINE-ARREST TO WESTERN DISTRICT POLICE STATION
POLICE PURSUIT APR 12,15 8:39AM
THE ARREST 8:40AM
THE VAN REQUEST 8:42AM
POLICE STOP THE VAN 8:46AM
STOP #1 8:49AM CHECK ON GRAY
EN ROUTE TO CENTRAL BOOKING 8:54AM
STOP #2 8:54AM-8:59AM
STOP #3 8:59AM CHECK ON GRAY
STOP #4 9:02AM 2ND PRISONER PICKED
AT THE POLICE STATION 9:26AM-MEDICS REQUIRED FOR UNCONSCIOUS GRAY.
UPDATE MAY 10,2015-01:00PM
WERE IS THE OUTCRY AND THE PROTESTS TO SUPPORT THE 2 MISSISSIPPI POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE MURDERED YESTERDAY.BLACK ON BLACK MURDERS. THESE WERE.THE WHITES SHOULD BE OUT AROUND THE WORLD PROTESTING ALL THE BLACK ON BLACK COP KILLINGS BY BLACKS.YOU WILL NEVER SEE OBAMA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THESE 2 BLACKS MURDERING 2 INNOCENT BLACK POLICE OFFICERS.OH NO THATS NOT A RACIAL ISSUE FOR THAT RACE BAITER-CNN- OBAMA OR SHARPTON.
Baltimore police push to get prosecutor Marilyn Mosby off Freddie Gray case-In a court motion to dismiss charges against them, Baltimore police officers arrested in the death of Freddie Gray say prosecutor Marilyn Mosby surrendered to an 'inferno of human rage' and that they were 'offered up to the masses' to quell rioting.Christian Science Monitor By Patrik Jonsson-may 9,15
In motions filed Friday, six Baltimore police officers charged with a range of criminal misconduct in the death of Freddie Gray suggested they are victims of a prosecutor’s “political motivations,” including a desire by elected officials to quell riots by offering cops “up to the masses.”The likelihood that a Baltimore District Court judge dismisses charges altogether is scant, given what has been reported as hard evidence that officers involved in Mr. Gray’s arrest and transport had criminally reckless disregard for his well-being while in their custody.Yet the defense’s motion does hint at an evolving but so far manageable situation for prosecutor Marilyn Mosby, a young African-American lawyer who’s been on the job only a few months: That her own personal relationships, the speed at which she brought charges, and questions around allegations of false arrest, might fuel debate over weaknesses in the prosecution’s case.Motions to dismiss are standard in legal proceedings. Nevertheless, there is at least a hairline crack in the prosecution’s case.
In fact, the most immediate concern for the government, says David Gray, a professor at the University of Maryland Law School, is whether Ms. Mosby’s contention that Freddie Gray’s arrest itself was illegal will hold up, given recent Supreme Court rulings allowing officers to make “reasonable mistakes of the law” when stopping someone.To be sure, the false arrest allegations pale against the central murder and manslaughter charges. But the illegal imprisonment notion cuts to a key protester complaint: That Gray was targeted, arrested and ended up dead not for anything he had done wrong, but for who he was – a young black man from a rough part of town.Gray sustained mortal neck injuries after being left unbuckled in the back of a police wagon. Arrested and injured on April 12, Gray died on April 19. Peaceful protests as well as riots ensued, tapping into simmering distrust between the police department and swaths of Baltimore’s black community, all while touching on disgruntlement in some parts of America around how police treat young black men walking the street.The six officers in Baltimore (three of them white, three black) were arrested nearly two weeks after Gray’s death, and following protests and looting in parts of Baltimore that ended with injuries to nearly 100 officers, and dozens of cars and businesses set ablaze.In their motion, the officers point to the tense security situation as the impetus for Mosby’s swift allegations. Her marriage to an outspoken city councilman, Nick Mosby, also undermines her case, the officers allege in their court motion. At the very least, the officers want the court to appoint a more independent prosecutor.“ The need to quell the raging inferno of human rage and revulsion within the confines of the 7th District was emergent,” the motion reads. “These officers soon found themselves offered up to the masses by Mrs. Mosby to quell the uprising that caused most harm to the district where her husband is the City Council representative.”One of the officers had already begun to challenge the charges against him. Officer Edward Nero demanded in court documents filed Monday to have the knife found in Gray’s pocket released to the public, to determine whether it was in fact a legal knife, as Mosby has said.The disagreement is over vague knife laws that differentiate between “automatic” switchblade knives and “spring-assisted” knives that can be flicked open quickly using one’s thumb.Those fuzzy legal lines, however, may not matter. Police officers, unlike citizens, are allowed to make “reasonable mistakes of the law” as they interpret whether conduct is illegal.Given a December 2014 US Supreme Court ruling affirming that concept, the false arrest allegations may be difficult to prove, says Mr. Gray at the University of Maryland.As he told the Monitor last week, even if an objective look at Gray’s knife showed that it’s legal to carry in Baltimore, “is it still unreasonable for the officer to think that it could be an illegal knife? That’s a close call.”For her part, Mosby has defended her charge sheet, saying the public will understand her reasoning once facts are presented at trial.Along those lines, the officers’ motion to dismiss on Friday came amid published court documents that allege that the senior Baltimore officer at the Freddie Gray scene, Lt. Brian Rice, had used his position two weeks before encountering Gray to tell fellow officers that “heads will roll” if they didn’t arrest his ex-girlfriend’s husband over a personal matter.
Netanyahu seeks to hike number of ministers in new govt-AFP-may 10,15-yahoonews
Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel's outgoing cabinet on Sunday approved legal changes that will allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to boost the number of ministers in his new government.In its last meeting before Netanyahu's new government is to be sworn in by Wednesday, the cabinet voted to push back the implementation of a law limiting the number of ministers to 18.The amendment, which must now be put to a vote in parliament, aims to allow Netanyahu to have a broader cabinet of 20 ministers in order to give portfolios to senior members of his ruling rightwing Likud party, officials said."The government has decided to delay implementation of a law limiting the number of ministers to 18 and the number of deputy ministers to four, until the next parliament," an official in Netanyahu's office told AFP.The Knesset is expected to vote on the amendment on Monday in a bid to have it passed before Wednesday, the last day Netanyahu can legally swear in his new government.It needs an absolute majority to pass, in what will be the first test of strength for Netanyahu's coalition, which has a razor-thin majority of 61 in the 120-seat parliament.Commentators said the goal was to head off criticism within Likud, which won 30 seats, after Netanyahu was forced to make concessions to his four coalition partners: the centre-right Kulanu (10 seats), the far-right Jewish Home (eight) and the two ultra-Orthodox parties Shas (seven) and United Torah Judaism (six).
- 'Jobs for the boys' -
In order to secure their support, he offered them more portfolios than expected, leaving little for his own party members.The move to amend the law angered former finance minister Yair Lapid, head of the centrist Yesh Atid party, who was instrumental in having it passed and has vowed to approach the High Court to block the change."They are not expanding the government to 20 ministers as they say but much more than that. They are taking money that is destined for welfare, health, education and security and wasting it on political arrangements and jobs for the boys," he said in a statement."We will fight this in the Knesset, we will fight it at the High Court, we will fight it in the street and we will fight it at every step because it is a violation of the democratic principle that the government works for its citizens," he pledged.Yesh Atid had said it would petition the high court against the proposed legislation on Monday morning.Netanyahu has reportedly asked the Knesset speaker to speed up the passage of the bill and allow for all three readings to take place on Monday.The law capping the number of ministers was approved last year in an attempt to reduce public spending.When Netanyahu began his second term in office in 2009, he presided over a 30-member government, the largest in Israel's history.He reduced the number to 22 in the government he formed in 2013.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 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;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
Typhoon slams into north tip of Philippines; 2,500 evacuated-Associated Press-MAY 10,15-YAHOONEWS
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful typhoon slammed into the northeastern tip of the Philippines on Sunday, as about 2,500 residents in two provinces huddled in shelters following warnings by officials to evacuate coastal and mountainous villages.Typhoon Noul, packing winds of 185 kilometers (115 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 220 kph (136 mph), made landfall in Cagayan province's coastal town of Santa Ana late Sunday afternoon and was moving northwest at 17 kph (11 mph), the government's weather bureau said.Around 2,500 residents were evacuated to safer grounds in Cagayan and Isabela provinces, and no casualties or damage were immediately reported, said Norma Talosig, the civil defense regional director. "Hopefully it brings only rain because we need rain," she said.Public works personnel were using chain saws to clear roads of fallen trees in Cagayan's Gonzaga town, DZMM radio reported. Some towns in the province were without power.Forecasters warned of 1.6-meter (1.75-yard) -high storm surges in Santa Ana, which also includes Palaui Island, with a population of about 30,000 people.They said the typhoon was expected to weaken after hitting land, and to move faster as it rides strong surrounding winds. It is forecast to blow out of the country Tuesday morning and head toward southern Japan.About 300 people who had fled to shelters near Mount Bulusan, southeast of Manila, returned home Sunday after the typhoon moved northward, sparing the province mudslides involving volcanic debris, said Joric dela Rosa, a civil defense worker in the region.The coast guard suspended ferry services in areas affected by the typhoon, stranding more than 5,000 passengers.About 20 storms and typhoons hit the Philippines each year. The strongest on record to make landfall, Typhoon Haiyan, devastated the central Philippines in November 2013, claiming more than 7,300 lives.
The Latest on severe weather: Tornado hits South Dakota town-Associated Press By The Associated Press-MAY 10,15-YAHOONEWS
11:15 a.m.The National Weather Service has received reports of a tornado hitting a small southern South Dakota town.Meteorologist Philip Schumacher at the service's Sioux Falls office says law enforcement officials said a tornado hit Delmont about 10:45 a.m. Sunday.Delmont has about 200 residents and is about 90 miles southwest of Sioux Falls.Schumacher said no deaths have been reported and it wasn't known whether there were injuries. He said a couple buildings have been damaged.
11 a.m.The National Weather Service has issued tornado watches in several Midwest and Great Plains states, running until 9 p.m. Sunday in many places.Watches have been issued for north and central Texas, eastern Oklahoma, western Arkansas, western Iowa, eastern Nebraska and parts of Minnesota and South Dakota.
At least 1 dead as tornadoes move through North Texas-Associated Press By The Associated Press-MAY 9,15-YAHOONEWS
CISCO, Texas (AP) — Multiple tornadoes tore through North Texas on Saturday, leaving one person dead and others unaccounted for in a sparsely populated farming and ranching area as the system slowly weakened while advancing toward Fort Worth, officials said.One of the twisters caused "five miles of destruction" as it ravaged homes in a rural area south of the town of Cisco, about 100 miles west of Fort Worth, Eastland County Judge Rex Fields said."The homes that I've seen, there are just maybe one or two walls standing," Fields, who also serves as the county's emergency services coordinator, told The Associated Press. "(The tornado has) taken them into pieces and blown them out into pastures."Fields said one person was killed and there were likely other injuries. Authorities were going house to house to assess the damage, but that proved difficult amid the heavy rainfall, he said.The extent of injuries or fatalities also wasn't immediately clear in the town of Burkburnett, about 15 miles north of Wichita Falls, where a second tornado touched down. A police dispatcher who declined to give her name due to department policy said tornado sirens could be heard in Burkburnett just before 6 p.m.As the storm moved toward Fort Worth later in the evening, the National Weather Service had canceled tornado warnings in the counties still in its path.The weather service on Saturday afternoon had elevated to "moderate" the risk of tornadoes in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area and elsewhere across North Texas. Eastland County, which was part of the enhanced zone, was pelted with 3-inch hail as the storm rumbled through.Storms also brought heavy rain and quarter-sized hail to parts of southwest Oklahoma on Saturday afternoon, but meteorologists said there was so much rain — and so little sunshine — that the tornado threat there lessened throughout the day.Parts of western Kansas also were hit by severe weather ripe for tornadoes. In Kansas City, in the eastern part of the state, a band of rain halted the Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway.But the threatening skies stretched beyond the Plains states, as twin weather systems stretching from the Carolinas to California produced an unseasonably early tropical storm in the Atlantic and a late-season snowstorm in the Rocky Mountains. Tropical Storm Ana's forecast track is expected to go near the coasts of North and South Carolina on Sunday.Meanwhile, up to 5 inches of snow was possible in the Nebraska Panhandle this weekend, and parts of South Dakota could receive between 12 to 24 inches of snow, according to the weather service.
More storms headed for Great Plains after tornadoes kill one, injure 12 in Oklahoma-Reuters By Heide Brandes-May 7, 2015 7:30 PM-YAHOONEWS
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Thunderstorm and flash flood warnings were issued for several Great Plains states on Thursday, a day after a series of tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma, causing one death, injuring 12 and flattening buildings.One woman who sought safety in her home's storm shelter died when it flooded in Wednesday night's storms, Oklahoma police said.The weather system battered a region from Texas to Nebraska and spawned dozens of reported tornadoes on Wednesday.Large parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and North Texas were under flash flood and severe thunderstorm watches on Thursday. A tornado warning was issued for the area around the North Texas town of Jacksboro, the National Weather Service said.Six people from a mobile-home park damaged by a tornado southwest of Oklahoma City were taken to a hospital in the region, including an 80-year-old woman in critical condition with hip injuries, hospital spokeswoman Brooke Cayot said.Thousands of homes and business in Oklahoma were without power on Thursday morning, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission said.(Writing by Jon Herskovitz; Additional reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee and Eric M. Johnson in Seattle; Editing by Bernadette Baum, Will Dunham and Peter Cooney)
