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)
EARTHQUAKES
EZEKIEL 37:7,11-14
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.(POSSIBLE QUAKE BRINGS ISRAEL BACK TO LIFE-SO NOISE AND SHAKING-QUAKES WILL ALSO DESTROY ISRAELS ENEMIES)
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
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.
REVELATION 11:11-14
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they(ELIJSH-MOSES) heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither.(REV 4:1 WE KNOW IS THE RAPTURE FOR SURE) And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.(RAPTURED)
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
REVELATION 16:18-20
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city (JERUSALEM) was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
UPDATE-NOVEMBER 30, 2018-01:30PM
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ U.S.159 of 159 earthquakes in map area.
3.3-10km SW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:59:50 (UTC)-19.9 km
3.1-10km NNE of Harper, Kansas-2018-11-30 23:56:05 (UTC)-5.0 km
3.5-11km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:50:04 (UTC)-30.0 km
2.5-9km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:43:12 (UTC)-32.3 km
2.6-19km NW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:39:00 (UTC)-40.4 km
2.5-16km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:38:54 (UTC)-34.4 km
2.5-6km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:31:42 (UTC)-38.9 km
2.5-10km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:28:32 (UTC)-25.8 km
4.2-6km SW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:07:46 (UTC)-21.0 km
3.7-16km NW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:02:52 (UTC)-21.8 km
2.8-8km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 22:36:30 (UTC)-20.5 km
2.5-13km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 22:35:03 (UTC)-30.8 km
4.9-South of the Fiji Islands-2018-11-30 22:32:27 (UTC)-599.1 km
2.5-12km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 22:27:47 (UTC)-20.0 km
3.2-18km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 22:22:32 (UTC)-21.1 km
2.8-17km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 22:20:34 (UTC)-28.1 km
2.9-17km SW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 22:13:59 (UTC)-18.5 km
2.8-10km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 22:13:42 (UTC)-30.6 km
4.6-Bering Sea-2018-11-30 21:47:27 (UTC)-10.0 km
3.8-12km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 21:46:26 (UTC)-34.9 km
3.5-13km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 21:45:15 (UTC)-38.8 km
3.8-17km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 21:20:13 (UTC)-37.0 km
3.6-15km SW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 21:11:18 (UTC)-35.0 km
3.6-13km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 21:08:04 (UTC)-35.0 km
3.1-3km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:46:22 (UTC)-32.2 km
3.1-18km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:45:17 (UTC)-21.8 km
2.7-15km NW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:44:41 (UTC)-17.7 km
3.8-9km SE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:40:54 (UTC)-14.0 km
2.5-9km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:37:33 (UTC)-32.5 km
2.6-1km NW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:35:37 (UTC)-50.6 km
3.1-16km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:34:35 (UTC)-20.2 km
2.8-4km SE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:33:42 (UTC)-32.0 km
5.1-17km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:26:55 (UTC)-31.1 km
3.6-9km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:25:06 (UTC)-33.7 km
2.8-16km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:16:38 (UTC)-19.9 km
2.7-2km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:14:51 (UTC)-31.0 km
3.6-11km SW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:10:38 (UTC)-30.3 km
3.8-6km E of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:07:09 (UTC)-35.0 km
3.5-13km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 19:49:55 (UTC)-34.2 km
4.1-17km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 19:42:47 (UTC)-39.1 km
3.6-16km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 19:39:13 (UTC)-35.0 km
4.9-17km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 19:26:29 (UTC)-38.1 km
3.7-8km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 19:20:19 (UTC)-35.0 km
3.7-16km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 19:06:40 (UTC)-35.0 km
3.2-14km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:57:49 (UTC)-41.2 km
3.9-10km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:39:50 (UTC)-31.0 km
3.9-13km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:35:15 (UTC)-45.5 km
3.0-2km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:27:15 (UTC)-48.5 km
2.8-17km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:26:13 (UTC)-21.6 km
3.6-16km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:21:39 (UTC)-9.4 km
3.6-9km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:21:31 (UTC)-33.1 km
3.0-73km WSW of Glennallen, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:20:08 (UTC)-76.1 km
3.3-15km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:19:44 (UTC)-20.0 km
3.0-14km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:17:58 (UTC)-46.4 km
3.4-10km SW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:15:20 (UTC)-20.2 km
3.7-7km S of Houston, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:10:36 (UTC)-45.0 km
3.4-2km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:08:51 (UTC)-35.0 km
3.4-16km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:07:47 (UTC)-28.8 km
3.2-8km SE of Willow, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:06:24 (UTC)-84.0 km
5.1-6km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:00:06 (UTC)-39.4 km
3.4-16km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:57:37 (UTC)-33.7 km
3.7-3km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:55:48 (UTC)-34.9 km
3.6-13km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:55:04 (UTC)-21.0 km
3.4-2km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:51:35 (UTC)-33.4 km
3.5-17km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:48:20 (UTC)-33.5 km
4.5-2km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:42:59 (UTC)-41.7 km
4.3-14km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:42:21 (UTC)-32.2 km
4.0-11km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:41:58 (UTC)-40.8 km
5.7-4km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:35:37 (UTC)-39.8 km
7.0-13km N of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:29:28 (UTC)-40.9 km
2.5-4km NE of Patillas, Puerto Rico-2018-11-30 16:39:30 (UTC)-71.0 km
3.1-11km SW of Afton, Wyoming-2018-11-30 16:34:36 (UTC)-5.0 km
2.8-64km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands-2018-11-30 16:17:55 (UTC)-25.0 km
4.2-Off the coast of Oregon-2018-11-30 15:53:11 (UTC)-10.0 km
EARTHQUAKES
EZEKIEL 37:7,11-14
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.(POSSIBLE QUAKE BRINGS ISRAEL BACK TO LIFE-SO NOISE AND SHAKING-QUAKES WILL ALSO DESTROY ISRAELS ENEMIES)
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
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.
REVELATION 11:11-14
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they(ELIJSH-MOSES) heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither.(REV 4:1 WE KNOW IS THE RAPTURE FOR SURE) And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.(RAPTURED)
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
REVELATION 16:18-20
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city (JERUSALEM) was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
UPDATE-NOVEMBER 30, 2018-01:30PM
Alaska hit by strong earthquake, tsunami warning issued-[Reuters]-By Yereth Rosen-YAHOONEWS-November 30, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake shook southern Alaska on Friday, prompting a tsunami warning for Cook Inlet and disrupting traffic and television transmissions in its largest city.The 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck just south of Point MacKenzie, Alaska, with an epicenter seven miles (11.4 km) from Anchorage, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It had a depth of 26.7 miles (43 km).The National Weather Service initially said there was no tsunami danger, but a few minutes later the agency said on Twitter that there was a warning in place for Cook Inlet, which links Anchorage with the Gulf of Alaska.There were no initial reports of any damage or injuries.Traffic in midtown Anchorage came to a standstill after the quake and CNN reported that television station KTUU, an NBC affiliate, was knocked off the air.CBS said its affiliate KTVA was also off the air."Thought the house was going to come apart," Anchorage-based climatologist Brian Brettschneider wrote on Twitter, posting a picture of his kitchen floor scattered with items that had fallen from cupboards.The quake was initially reported as having a 6.7 magnitude.(Additional reporting by Rosalba O'Brien in New York; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ U.S.159 of 159 earthquakes in map area.
3.3-10km SW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:59:50 (UTC)-19.9 km
3.1-10km NNE of Harper, Kansas-2018-11-30 23:56:05 (UTC)-5.0 km
3.5-11km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:50:04 (UTC)-30.0 km
2.5-9km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:43:12 (UTC)-32.3 km
2.6-19km NW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:39:00 (UTC)-40.4 km
2.5-16km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:38:54 (UTC)-34.4 km
2.5-6km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:31:42 (UTC)-38.9 km
2.5-10km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:28:32 (UTC)-25.8 km
4.2-6km SW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:07:46 (UTC)-21.0 km
3.7-16km NW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 23:02:52 (UTC)-21.8 km
2.8-8km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 22:36:30 (UTC)-20.5 km
2.5-13km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 22:35:03 (UTC)-30.8 km
4.9-South of the Fiji Islands-2018-11-30 22:32:27 (UTC)-599.1 km
2.5-12km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 22:27:47 (UTC)-20.0 km
3.2-18km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 22:22:32 (UTC)-21.1 km
2.8-17km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 22:20:34 (UTC)-28.1 km
2.9-17km SW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 22:13:59 (UTC)-18.5 km
2.8-10km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 22:13:42 (UTC)-30.6 km
4.6-Bering Sea-2018-11-30 21:47:27 (UTC)-10.0 km
3.8-12km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 21:46:26 (UTC)-34.9 km
3.5-13km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 21:45:15 (UTC)-38.8 km
3.8-17km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 21:20:13 (UTC)-37.0 km
3.6-15km SW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 21:11:18 (UTC)-35.0 km
3.6-13km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 21:08:04 (UTC)-35.0 km
3.1-3km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:46:22 (UTC)-32.2 km
3.1-18km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:45:17 (UTC)-21.8 km
2.7-15km NW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:44:41 (UTC)-17.7 km
3.8-9km SE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:40:54 (UTC)-14.0 km
2.5-9km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:37:33 (UTC)-32.5 km
2.6-1km NW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:35:37 (UTC)-50.6 km
3.1-16km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:34:35 (UTC)-20.2 km
2.8-4km SE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:33:42 (UTC)-32.0 km
5.1-17km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:26:55 (UTC)-31.1 km
3.6-9km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:25:06 (UTC)-33.7 km
2.8-16km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:16:38 (UTC)-19.9 km
2.7-2km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:14:51 (UTC)-31.0 km
3.6-11km SW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:10:38 (UTC)-30.3 km
3.8-6km E of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 20:07:09 (UTC)-35.0 km
3.5-13km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 19:49:55 (UTC)-34.2 km
4.1-17km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 19:42:47 (UTC)-39.1 km
3.6-16km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 19:39:13 (UTC)-35.0 km
4.9-17km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 19:26:29 (UTC)-38.1 km
3.7-8km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 19:20:19 (UTC)-35.0 km
3.7-16km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 19:06:40 (UTC)-35.0 km
3.2-14km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:57:49 (UTC)-41.2 km
3.9-10km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:39:50 (UTC)-31.0 km
3.9-13km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:35:15 (UTC)-45.5 km
3.0-2km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:27:15 (UTC)-48.5 km
2.8-17km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:26:13 (UTC)-21.6 km
3.6-16km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:21:39 (UTC)-9.4 km
3.6-9km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:21:31 (UTC)-33.1 km
3.0-73km WSW of Glennallen, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:20:08 (UTC)-76.1 km
3.3-15km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:19:44 (UTC)-20.0 km
3.0-14km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:17:58 (UTC)-46.4 km
3.4-10km SW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:15:20 (UTC)-20.2 km
3.7-7km S of Houston, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:10:36 (UTC)-45.0 km
3.4-2km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:08:51 (UTC)-35.0 km
3.4-16km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:07:47 (UTC)-28.8 km
3.2-8km SE of Willow, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:06:24 (UTC)-84.0 km
5.1-6km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 18:00:06 (UTC)-39.4 km
3.4-16km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:57:37 (UTC)-33.7 km
3.7-3km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:55:48 (UTC)-34.9 km
3.6-13km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:55:04 (UTC)-21.0 km
3.4-2km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:51:35 (UTC)-33.4 km
3.5-17km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:48:20 (UTC)-33.5 km
4.5-2km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:42:59 (UTC)-41.7 km
4.3-14km S of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:42:21 (UTC)-32.2 km
4.0-11km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:41:58 (UTC)-40.8 km
5.7-4km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:35:37 (UTC)-39.8 km
7.0-13km N of Anchorage, Alaska-2018-11-30 17:29:28 (UTC)-40.9 km
2.5-4km NE of Patillas, Puerto Rico-2018-11-30 16:39:30 (UTC)-71.0 km
3.1-11km SW of Afton, Wyoming-2018-11-30 16:34:36 (UTC)-5.0 km
2.8-64km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands-2018-11-30 16:17:55 (UTC)-25.0 km
4.2-Off the coast of Oregon-2018-11-30 15:53:11 (UTC)-10.0 km
Search for remains in California's deadliest wildfire officially ends-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-By Lee van der Voo-November 30, 2018
CHICO, Calif. (Reuters) - Three weeks after flames incinerated most of a Northern California town in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century, the search for more human remains has officially ended with at least 88 people confirmed dead and nearly 200 still listed as missing.Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said he was optimistic that some who remain unaccounted for will turn up alive, but he also left open the possibility that "bones or bone fragments" of additional victims could turn up as evacuation zones are reopened to civilians.With the fire reduced to embers, the National Weather Service on Thursday issued a flash-flood warning for the burn zone as showers and thunderstorms heightened the risk of heavy runoff in areas stripped of vegetation by the fire.At a news conference on Wednesday night Honea said search and recovery teams had finished combing through the ruins of approximately 18,000 homes and other buildings leveled by the Camp Fire, which ranks as the most destructive in state history.The bulk of the devastation occurred in and around the hamlet of Paradise, a town once home to nearly 27,000 people, many of them retirees, in the Sierra foothills about 175 miles (280 km) north of San Francisco.More than 1,000 personnel, including cadaver dog teams, forensic anthropologists, coroners and National Guard troops from five states, took part in the grim effort."I believe that we have done our due diligence with regard to searching for human remains. My sincere hope is that no additional human remains will be located," Honea told reporters in the nearby town of Chico.Asked directly whether authorities had ceased actively searching burned structures, the sheriff answered yes.The current death toll of 88 already stands as the greatest loss of life on record from a single wildfire in California and the most from a wildfire anywhere in the United States dating back to Minnesota's 1918 Cloquet Fire, which killed as many as 1,000 people. The Camp Fire also exceeds the 87 lives lost in the Big Burn firestorm that swept the Northern Rockies in 1910.Authorities attribute the Camp Fire's high casualty count in large part to the tremendous speed with which flames raced through Paradise with little advance warning, driven by howling winds and fueled by drought-desiccated scrub and trees.The remains of many victims were found in the ashen rubble of homes, others inside or near the burned-out wreckage of vehicles.The cause of the blaze, which was fully contained earlier this week, remained under investigation. But PG&E Corp reported equipment problems near the origin of the fire around the time it began on Nov. 8.The official roster of people unaccounted for has fluctuated widely from day to day, but as of Wednesday night the list was winnowed to 196 names, down from a peak of 1,200-plus over a week ago.The sheriff said the list had since been scrubbed of all duplicate names and that investigators had caught up with a backlog of unprocessed missing-persons reports.(Reporting by Lee van der Voo in Chico, Calif.; Writing and additional reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
CHICO, Calif. (Reuters) - Three weeks after flames incinerated most of a Northern California town in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century, the search for more human remains has officially ended with at least 88 people confirmed dead and nearly 200 still listed as missing.Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said he was optimistic that some who remain unaccounted for will turn up alive, but he also left open the possibility that "bones or bone fragments" of additional victims could turn up as evacuation zones are reopened to civilians.With the fire reduced to embers, the National Weather Service on Thursday issued a flash-flood warning for the burn zone as showers and thunderstorms heightened the risk of heavy runoff in areas stripped of vegetation by the fire.At a news conference on Wednesday night Honea said search and recovery teams had finished combing through the ruins of approximately 18,000 homes and other buildings leveled by the Camp Fire, which ranks as the most destructive in state history.The bulk of the devastation occurred in and around the hamlet of Paradise, a town once home to nearly 27,000 people, many of them retirees, in the Sierra foothills about 175 miles (280 km) north of San Francisco.More than 1,000 personnel, including cadaver dog teams, forensic anthropologists, coroners and National Guard troops from five states, took part in the grim effort."I believe that we have done our due diligence with regard to searching for human remains. My sincere hope is that no additional human remains will be located," Honea told reporters in the nearby town of Chico.Asked directly whether authorities had ceased actively searching burned structures, the sheriff answered yes.The current death toll of 88 already stands as the greatest loss of life on record from a single wildfire in California and the most from a wildfire anywhere in the United States dating back to Minnesota's 1918 Cloquet Fire, which killed as many as 1,000 people. The Camp Fire also exceeds the 87 lives lost in the Big Burn firestorm that swept the Northern Rockies in 1910.Authorities attribute the Camp Fire's high casualty count in large part to the tremendous speed with which flames raced through Paradise with little advance warning, driven by howling winds and fueled by drought-desiccated scrub and trees.The remains of many victims were found in the ashen rubble of homes, others inside or near the burned-out wreckage of vehicles.The cause of the blaze, which was fully contained earlier this week, remained under investigation. But PG&E Corp reported equipment problems near the origin of the fire around the time it began on Nov. 8.The official roster of people unaccounted for has fluctuated widely from day to day, but as of Wednesday night the list was winnowed to 196 names, down from a peak of 1,200-plus over a week ago.The sheriff said the list had since been scrubbed of all duplicate names and that investigators had caught up with a backlog of unprocessed missing-persons reports.(Reporting by Lee van der Voo in Chico, Calif.; Writing and additional reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
