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)
OCTOBER SURPRISE.IRAN,US AND THE FREED HOSTAGES.HARRIS-BIDEN SCHEME TO STEEL THE NOV 5 ELECTION.
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8
And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that
sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given
unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with
sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE
DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18
By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the
fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their
mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE
17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS
KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE
BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND
DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in
that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN
WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4
billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto
them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered
together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against
Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten
by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE
SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE
CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH
IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)(50% OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.(ON EARTH)
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.(ON EARTH)
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12
And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the
people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume
away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and
their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)
and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM
ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD
PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that
day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they
shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand
shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN
WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 32:18-29 (NOTICE ALL THE COUNTRIES LAND PROMISED ISRAEL BY GOD ARE IN THE JORDAN VALLEY BURIED)
18
“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the
daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those
who descend to the Pit:
19 Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised! (IN HELL FIRES)
20 They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.
21
Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her
allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those
slain by the sword.’
22 Assyria (SYRIA) is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
23
Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all
around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who
once spread terror in the land of the living.
24 Elam (IRAN) is there
with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen
by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who
once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their
disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
25 Among the slain they
prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves
all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword,
although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They
bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed
among the slain.
26 Meshech and Tubal (RUSSIA) are there with all
their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are
uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in
the land of the living.
27 They do not lie down with the fallen
warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose
swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their
bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the
living.
28 But you too will be shattered and lie down among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.
29
Edom (JORDAN) is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite
their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with
the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.THIS IS RIGHT FROM
93:
SECOND ANGEL: MIDDLE EAST
Then I saw that the second angel
had a sickle in his hand, such as is used in harvesting.The second
angel said: "Harvest time has come in Israel and the countries all the
way to Iran."I saw those countries in a few split seconds."All of Turkey
and those [inaudible] countries that have refused me and refused my
message of love shall hate each other and kill one another."I saw the
angel raise the sickle and come down on all the Middle East countries. I
saw Iran, Persia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, all of Georgia - Iraq, Syria,
Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, all of Asia Minor - full of blood. I saw blood
all over these countries. And I saw fire; Nuclear weapons used in many
of those countries. Smoke rising from everywhere. Sudden destruction –
men destroying one another. I heard these words:"Israel, Oh Israel, the
great judgment has come." The angel said, "The chosen, the church, the
remnant, shall be purified. The Spirit of God shall prepare the children
of God."I saw fires rising to heaven.The angel said: "This is the final
judgment. My church shall be purified, protected and ready for the
final day. Men will die from thirst. Water shall be scarce all over the
Middle East. Rivers shall dry up, and men will fight for water in those
countries."The angel showed me that the United Nations shall be broken
in pieces because of the crisis in the Middle East. There shall be no
more United Nations. The angel with the sickle shall reap the harvest.
PSALMS 83:1-8 (GODS LAND PROMISED TO ISRAEL)
1 O God, do not remain silent;do not turn a deaf ear,do not stand aloof, O God.
2 See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
3 With cunning they (ARAB,MUSLIMS) conspire against your people;they plot against those you cherish.(ISRAELIS)
4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”
5 With one mind they plot together;(TREATIES) they form an alliance against you—
6
the tents of Edom (JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites, (EGYPTIAN ARABS SO
CALLED PALESTIANS) of Moab (JORDAN) and the Hagrites,(EGYPT)
7 Byblos,(HEZBOLLOH) Ammon (JORDAN) and Amalek,(SYRIAN ARABS IN THE SINAI) Philistia,(ARABS) with the people of Tyre (LEBANON).
8 Even Assyria (SYRIA) has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
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.
1 OF 3 GOD GAVE THEM OVER TO
1-PROMISCUOUS SEX AMOUNG EACH OTHER.
ROMANS 1:24
24
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of
their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: (THE
60S FREE SEX)
2 OF 3 GOD GAVE THEM OVER TO
2-SODOMITES - MEN LUSTING MEN, AND WOMEN LUSTING AFTER WOMEN.
ROMANS 1:26-27
26
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their
women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned
in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is
unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error
which was meet.
3 OF 3 GOD GAVE THEM OVER TO
3-A DEPRAVED MIND-ANY SIN GOES.
ROMANS 1:28-31
28
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God
gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not
convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication,
wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate,
deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER GOD GAVE THEM OVER TO THESE 3 DEPRAVED ABOMINATION SINS?
OH OH NOAHS DAY. WHAT HAPPENED IN NOAHS DAY. THE WHOLE WORLD WAS JUDGED BY WATER.
GENESIS 6:7,17
7
And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face
of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the
fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
17 And,
behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy
all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every
thing that is in the earth shall die.
GENESIS 7:4
4 For yet seven
days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty
nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from
off the face of the earth.
GENESIS 8:16
16 And the bow shall be in
the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting
covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is
upon the earth.
WELL THE SODOMITES PICKED THE RIGHT SIGN OF A RAINBOW
FOR JUDGEMENT. THE SODOMITES TRYED TO STEAL GODS SIGN THAT THE WHOLE
EARTH WILL NEVER DIE FROM FLOOD WATERS AGAIN. BUT THE JUDGEMENT THIS
TIME IS GOING TO BE BY FIRE.NOT WATER.
2 PETER 3:7
7 But the
heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in
store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of
ungodly men.
EZIKIEL 38:12-13
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA
ARABIA) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions
thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLAND,ENGLISH SPEAKING
shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered
thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away
cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? (AGAINST ISRAEL)
14
Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, (RUSSIA AND HER
MUSLIMS HORDES)Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of
Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
GENESIS 12:1-3
1
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from
thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I (GOD) will
shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3
And I will bless them that bless thee,(ISRAELIS) and curse (DESTROY)
him that curseth thee:(DESTROY THEM) and in thee shall all families of
the earth be blessed.
And here are the bounderies of the land
that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the
future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have
every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east
of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The
southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the
Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num
34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE
FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE
FUTURE.(ALL THESE ARAB, MUSLIMS ARE OCCUPYING ISRAELS LAND. GET OFF
IMMEDIATELY. BECAUSE YOUR DEATH CULT DAYS ARE NUMBERED)
ISLAMIC DEATH CULT AND FAKE MOHAMMAAD AND FAKE MOON GOD ALLAH WHICH IS SIMPLY SATAN IS THE LEADER OF ISLAM.
LEVITICUS 26:16
16
I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you( sudden)
terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes,
and cause sorrow of heart:(WARS AND DEATH) and ye shall sow your seed in
vain, for your enemies shall eat it.(CHINA CONTROLS AMERICAS ECONOMY BY
BUYING UP DEBT)
ISAIAH 33:1,18-19 Woe to thee that
spoilest,(destroys) and thou wast not spoiled;(destroyed) and dealest
treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou
shalt cease to spoil,(destroy) thou shalt be spoiled;(destroyed) and
when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal
treacherously with thee.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than
thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not
understand.
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the
synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think
that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF THEIR MOON GOD
ALLAH)
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto
her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call
his name Ishmael;(ARAB/MUSLIM) because the LORD hath heard thy
affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man;(RIOTS-BURNING-MURDEROUUS
RAGE) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM WANTS WORLD DOMINATION)
and every man's hand against him;(DEFENDING THEMSELVES) and he shall
dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(ARAB/MUSLIMS LIVE WITH
ISRAELIS)
The Family Tree of Ishmael
12 This is the family tree of Ishmael son of Abraham, the son that Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maid, bore to Abraham.
13-16
These are the names of Ishmael’s sons in the order of their births:
Nebaioth, Ishmael’s firstborn, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah,
Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah—all the sons of Ishmael.
Their settlements and encampments were named after them. Twelve princes
with their twelve tribes.
(ISLAM CLAIMS MOHAMMID IS A OFF SPRING OF
ISHMAEL THE FIRST BASTARD CHILD OF THE ARABS WITH A SLAVE MOTHER TO THE
ISRAELIS.DOES ANY ONE SEE THE NAME OF MOHAMMID IN ISHMAELS FAMILY TREE.
BECAUSE I SURE DON'T. I DOUBT MOHAMMID EVEN EXISTS. AND SATAN IS THE
LEADER OF ISLAM HHIMSELF. SO ISLAM IS NOT A RELIGION AT ALL. ISLAM IS
NOTHING BUT A DEATH CULT THAT WORSHIPS DEATH. AND WILL BURN IN HELL
FIRE, THEN THE FINAL JUDGEMENT IN FRONT OF JESUS.ONLY TO BE THROWN IN
THE LAKE OF FIRE FOREVER WITH THEIR NEVER DYING BODIES.ISLAM EXPOSED AS A
FRAUD SATAN LIE AND MURDER DEAT CULT.
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How
art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the
morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground,
which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine
heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars
of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the
sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above
the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF
THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 8:44
44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will
do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of
his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
WELL
HAVE I GOT AN IDEA OF AN OCTOBER SURPRISE OF WHY BIDEN IS TRYING TO
STOP ISRAEL FROM ATTACKING THE IRANIAN NUKE SITES AND OIL FIELDS. IN THE
STORY BELOW THE US IS IN TALKS WITH THE ARAB LEAGUE AND IRAN ABOUT IN
CEASE IN GAZA AND LEBANON.
I SAY BIDEN SECRETLY HAS BEEN TALKING
WITH IRAN. AND THE US AND IRAN MADE A DEAL TOGETHER. THAT IF BIDEN AND
HARRIS AND WALZ COULD STOP ISRAEL FROM ATTACKING IRANS NUCLEAR SITES AND
OIL FIELDS. THEN IRAN WOULD TELL HAMAS TO SET THE REMAINING HOSTAGE
FREE. AND CLAIME THEY WILL DO A CEASE FIRE WITH ISRAEL. THERES A BUT BUT
IN THERE THOUGHT. HERES THE CATCH. IN ORDER FOR THE HARRIS/TAMPON TIM
WALZ TO WIN THE NOV 5 ELECTION. BID TELLS KHEMEINI THAT THE IRANIANS
MUST SAY THAT IT WAS KAMILLA HARRIS THAT BROKERED THE FREEING OF THE
HOSTAGES. HARRIS MUST GET THE CREDIT FOR THE HOSTAGES BEING SET FREE.
AND IRAN MUST AGREE TO THAT. THAT HARRIS AND IRAN BROKERED THE HOSTAGE
DEAL. SO HARRIS WILL LOOK LIKE THE SAVIOUR THAT GOT THE HOSTAGES FREED.
AND HARRIS WILL THEN WIN THE ELECTION OVER TRUMP REAL EASY. BY SETTING
UP THIS FREEDOM OF THE HOSTAGES DEAL. THIS IS HOW I BELIEVE WITH IRANS
HELP. HARRIS WOULD WIN THE ELECTION BY FRAUDULENT MEANS. WE WILL SEE IF
MY PREDICTION IS RIGHT TO COME TO PASS IN THE NEXT 3 WEEKS.
AND
THIS WOULD EXPLAIN WHY GOD WOULD SEND MORE HURRICANE JUDGEMENT ON
AMERICA. THE 2ND HURRICANE TO HIT AMERICA IN 2 WEEKS. 1ST HELENE AND NOW
MILTON IS ON ITS CATEGORY 5 WAY TO TAMPA BAY AND AREA.
Biden suggests Israel not hit Iran oil fields, after opposing strike on nuke facilities-OCT 4,24 TIMES OF ISRAEL.
Hurricane
Milton on path for Florida landfall as a potentially historic major
storm-By Emily Mae Czachor-Updated on: October 8, 2024 / 10:39 PM EDT /
CBS News
I think the most recent models have it somewhere in
Manatee County, just south of Tampa Bay," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said
in a briefing Tuesday. "But I would just tell people, one, we're going
to have impacts far beyond wherever the eye of the storm is. Two, you
can make landfall anywhere from Citrus County down into Southwest
Florida. We'll know more over the next 12 to 18 hours. But just, cones,
all this stuff you see, the impacts will be broader than that,
specifically with respect to storm surge."The National Weather Service
in Tampa Bay described Milton as "a historic storm for the west coast of
Florida" that could prove to be the worst storm to impact Tampa Bay in
more than 100 years.Floridians in the potential path of the hurricane
lined properties with sandbags, boarded up doors and windows, and moved
their boats ahead of the storm's arrival. DeSantis issued emergency
orders over the weekend that now include 51 counties, whose residents,
he said, should prepare for power outages, stock up on enough food and
water to last a week and be ready to leave their homes if
necessary.According to GasBuddy, as of Tuesday evening, a little over
17% of all gas stations in Florida were without fuel, including more
than 46% in the Tampa Bay area. The hurricane center said Tuesday
evening that Milton posed "an extremely life-threatening situation" to
those in the storm surge warning area of the west-central coast of
Florida, adding that "you should evacuate today if ordered by local
officials. There will likely not be enough time to wait to leave on
Wednesday."Once it makes landfall, Milton was forecast to remain a
hurricane as it crosses the Florida peninsula. "Preparations to protect
life and property, including being ready for long-duration power
outages, should be completed tonight," the hurricane center said.It was
expected to move off Florida's east coast and into the Atlantic Ocean
sometime Thursday.Tracking Hurricane Milton-Milton on Tuesday was
traveling just north of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, where the Mexican
government issued hurricane warnings as forecasters expected damaging
winds and a life-threatening storm surge to hit portions of the coast.
The hurricane had weakened somewhat since its maximum sustained wind
speeds swirled past 180 mph Monday during a rapid period of
intensification that the National Hurricane Center called "explosive"
and "remarkable."Milton had dropped back down to Category 4 overnight
Monday. But by Tuesday night, the storm churned over the Yucatán
Peninsula with maximum wind speeds hovering around 165 mph — which is
above the 157 mph threshold for a Category 5 storm. Forecasters said
they expected Milton to retain its status as a major hurricane on its
way to the western Florida coast. As of 8 p.m. Eastern Time Tuesday,
Milton was located 280 miles southwest of the Dry Tortugas, Florida, and
440 miles southwest of Tampa. It was moving northeast at 10 mph. A
hurricane warning was in effect for the Florida west coast from Bonita
Beach north to Suwannee River, including Tampa Bay, and the state's east
coast from the St. Lucie-Martin County line north to Ponte Vedra Beach.
Multiple areas were also under tropical storm watches and warnings,
including portions of Georgia, South Carolina and the Bahamas.That peak
strength rivaled the most disastrous Atlantic hurricanes in recorded
history and happened at breakneck speed. Milton was a tropical storm
only 24 hours before it snowballed into a Category 5 hurricane, the
highest ranking on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which rates
storms based on their sustained wind speeds."It is worth emphasizing
that this is a very serious situation," the hurricane center said
Tuesday morning. "Milton has the potential to be one of the most
destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida."Tampa Bay
braces for landfall-The latest forecasts suggest Milton will make
landfall either on or near the Tampa Bay area, likely as a formidable
Category 3 hurricane. Although predictions as to Milton's landfall
location and timing have oscillated somewhat since Monday, when the
storm underwent rapid changes, forecasts have remained fairly steady as
far as the hurricane's intensity when it strikes land. Milton's wind
speeds at that time are expected to fall to about 125 mph, according to
the hurricane center. For impacted places, that could be
devastating.Tampa-area streets Tuesday were lined with miles of
potentially deadly debris from Hurricane Helene. The goal, according to
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, was to have most of it cleared by Tuesday, but
the city fell short on that."Rumors that we don't have enough resources,
that could not be further from the truth," Castor said in a news
briefing Tuesday. "The federal government, the state government, the
county, the city, private entities, are working hand-in-hand, first and
foremost, to get that household debris up and out of the way, and
secondly to make sure everyone is safe as we endure whatever Milton
brings our way." Exactly where the hurricane is centered when Milton
arrives on land may determine the extent of the destruction it wreaks on
the Tampa Bay area, mainly linked to storm surge, wrote CBS News
meteorologist Nikki Nolan."The forecast track with Milton has its sights
set on the western coast of Florida, but the position of the center of
the storm, or the 'eye,' can determine how catastrophic the impacts are
on the Tampa Bay area," Nolan said. "The eastern side of the eye is
considered the 'dirty side' of the storm, which is where the winds tend
to be the strongest. As the forecast track shifts northward, the dirty
side then falls over Tampa Bay."That creates more serious risks of storm
surge in the region, according to Nolan. Forecasts have warned Milton's
arrival could bring potentially life-threatening storm surge to the
Florida Gulf Coast, which is particularly vulnerable to severe surges
because of its geography, and that is especially true for Tampa Bay.
Multiple people died in Tampa from storm surge caused by Hurricane
Helene, and that storm did not even hit the city directly. A storm
track into or just north of St. Petersburg brings winds that funnel an
already high water up into the city. A track just a few miles south
actually pulls the water out of the Bay, leading to minimal storm
surge.John Antapasis, emergency management director for the city of
Tampa, knows just how vulnerable his city is to hurricanes."There's a
lot of vulnerable infrastructure here, and the geography itself that
potentially, you know, puts us just much at more risk," Antapasis
said.Antapasis said the storm surge is the one thing that makes him
worry at night when he goes to sleep."It's the storm surge on this one,"
Antapasis said. "Ultimately our first responders, we're going to be
here, we're going to try to save lives, protect property first. And then
we will go through that recovery process if that does happen to
us."Eurydice Stanley rode out Helene in her Tampa-area home, but
evacuated to Tallahassee Monday."People are staying at home, but these
storms are different, ask the citizens of of Asheville, North Carolina,"
Stanley told CBS News.And while millions of people in the Tampa area
are under a mandatory evacuation, and many have left, some aren't going
anywhere. Bridgit Budd, who resides on Sanibel Island, is among those
who says she is staying. Budd and her husband have ridden out for major
hurricanes before, including Helene."There's just no place I would
rather be," Budd told CBS News. "You know, I don't suggest it for
anybody. I'm not promoting it."Storm surge forecast-Hurricane and storm
surge warnings expanded Tuesday to include large sections of Florida's
eastern coast, which could potentially see surges up to feet above
ground level as Milton tracks inland over the state after making
landfall, on its route toward the Atlantic. Coastal places in Georgia
and South Carolina could experience several feet of storm surge
too.Storm surge threats are a major concern for the west coast of
Florida. In addition to hurricane warnings, storm surge warnings were
also in effect from Flamingo northward to the Suwannee River, including
Charlotte Harbor and Tampa Bay. A storm surge warning was also in effect
for Florida's east coast, from the Sebastian Inlet in Florida, north to
Altamaha Sound, Georgia.The hurricane center has warned that storm
surge in the Tampa Bay area could reach 10 to 15 feet above ground
level."The deepest water will occur along the immediate coast near and
to the south of the landfall location, where the surge will be
accompanied by large and dangerous waves," the hurricane center said in a
Monday afternoon advisory. "Surge-related flooding depends on the
relative timing of the surge and the tidal cycle, and can vary greatly
over short distances."Forecasts show heavy rainfall, up to 15 inches in
certain areas, could cause "considerable flash, urban and areal
flooding, along with moderate to major river flooding" in parts of the
Florida peninsula though Thursday.Evacuation zones-Mass evacuations were
underway as Florida airports canceled flights, and schools as far south
as Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties announced closures ahead of
Milton's expected arrival. Thousands fled the Tampa Bay area and parts
of the surrounding region were under mandatory evacuation orders issued
Monday and Tuesday.As tens of thousands flee Milton's path, the Georgia
Department of Transportation reported that it saw traffic volumes as of 8
a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 75 that were 280% higher than normal between
the Georgia and Florida state line. The Port of Key West has closed
ahead of Milton's arrival, CBS Miami reports, with cruise ships
bypassing the port. Several Orlando area theme parks were also
shuttering, including Walt Disney World, SeaWorld Orlando and Universal
Studios Florida. United said Tuesday night that it had added 18 extra
flights out of Florida, as well larger aircraft on four of those flights
in an effort to serve as many customers as possible. It said all
flights out of Tampa, Fort Myers and Sarasota were full through
Thursday.Aviation analytics company Circium reported that 80% of flights
from Tampa were canceled Tuesday. "We are talking about the possibility
now of a direct hit," said Tampa Mayor Jane Castor in a CNN interview
Monday, where she urged people to heed storm warnings and follow
evacuation protocols. Castor noted that storm surge caused by Helene,
while destructive, was significantly lower than the surge forecast for a
vast stretch of Florida's western coast, including Tampa, with
Milton."Helene was a wake-up call. This is literally catastrophic. And I
can say, without any dramatization whatsoever, if you choose to stay in
one of those evacuation areas, you're going to die," Castor
said.President Biden echoed the mayor Tuesday morning as the White House
announced he would postpone a trip to Germany and Angola to monitor the
response to Hurricane Milton."I've urged everyone, everyone currently
located in Hurricane Milton's path to listen to local officials and
follow safety instructions," Mr. Biden said. "... If you're under
evacuation orders, you should evacuate now, now, now — you should have
already evacuated. It's a matter of life and death."Mr. Biden said he
preapproved emergency declarations in Florida and sent Federal Emergency
Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell to the state Monday.
The president also said he has spoken to all political leaders in the
region expected to feel Milton's impacts and told them, "Anything they
ask for, they can get."This radar loop from CBS Miami shows weather
conditions over Florida and the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Milton
approaches. CBS Miami-Emily Mae Czachor is a reporter and news editor at
CBSNews.com. She covers breaking news, often focusing on crime and
extreme weather. Emily Mae has previously written for outlets including
the Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed and Newsweek.
US: Hezbollah
ceasefire call shows it's 'getting battered' US and Arab states
reportedly in talks with Iran for ceasefire on all war fronts-Israeli TV
says Jerusalem informed of the initiative but not part of it; Hezbollah
seems to drop demand for Gaza truce as its deputy leader backs effort
for Lebanon ceasefire-By ToI Staff and Agencies Today, 3:33 am-OCT 9,24
The
United States and Arab states have launched covert talks with Iran for a
comprehensive ceasefire aimed at calming all war fronts at once,
according to an Israeli television report Tuesday.Channel 12 news
reported that Israel is not currently involved in the initiative, but
that senior Israeli officials have been informed about it.The network
noted that it was not clear how the efforts would affect the Gaza Strip,
which is more complex than the rest of the fronts due to Israel’s
desire to continue fighting even after a potential hostage deal and
Hamas’s demand for an Israeli withdrawal in any deal.The report added
that Israel has not yet told the US what its position on the initiative
is.“We are currently in a position of power, a ceasefire will be on our
terms, including a [Hezbollah] withdrawal beyond the Litani [River] and
the dismantling of all military Hezbollah sites in areas near the
border,” a senior Israeli official was quoted as saying.The report came
as Hezbollah seemed to drop its demand for a truce in Gaza as a
condition for reaching a ceasefire in Lebanon, rowing back from an
oft-repeated promise to keep fighting until Israel halts its offensive
against the Lebanese terror group’s Iran-backed ally Hamas.Ever since
Hezbollah began launching rockets across Lebanon’s border a day after
the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war in
Gaza and subsequent fighting across the region, Hezbollah officials have
consistently said they would not stop until Israel ended the conflict
in the Strip.But Naim Qassem, the deputy leader of Hezbollah, broke that
link in a televised speech on Tuesday, even as he promised to continue
to stand with Hamas and Palestinians in their battle with Israel.Qassem,
now Hezbollah’s top official after its chief Hassan Nasrallah was
killed in an Israeli strike, said he backed efforts by Lebanese
parliament speaker Nabih Berri, a Hezbollah ally, to secure a truce —
without setting a precondition.“We support the political activity being
led by Berri under the title of a ceasefire,” Qassem said. “If the enemy
(Israel) continues its war, then the battlefield will decide.”Two days
earlier, two lower-ranking Hezbollah officials had also talked about a
Lebanon truce without making a linkage with Gaza.Hezbollah has not
explicitly said it was shifting its position. The group did not comment
for this story.Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters his
terror group was still “confident in Hezbollah’s stance linking any
agreement with a halt to the war in Gaza,” citing previous Hezbollah
statements.However, a Lebanese government official who declined to be
named told Reuters that Hezbollah had amended its position because of a
host of pressures, including the mass displacement of people from the
main constituencies where supporters of the Muslim Shi’ite group live in
south Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs.The official said it was
also driven by Israel’s intensifying ground campaign and objections to
Hezbollah’s stance from some Lebanese political actors.Top lawmakers
from other sects in Lebanon’s patchwork politics have in recent days
called for a resolution to end fighting that does not link the future of
Lebanon — a nation that was already crippled by an economic crisis
before the latest conflict — to the Gaza war.“We will not tie our fate
to the fate of Gaza,” veteran Lebanese Druze figure Walid Jumblatt said
on Monday.Lebanese Christian politician Suleiman Frangieh, a close ally
of Hezbollah, told reporters on Monday that the “priority” was a halt to
Israel’s offensive “and that we come out united from this attack and
that Lebanon is victorious.”Preceding these comments, there were
indications from two other officials that Hezbollah could be changing
its stance.One of them, Hezbollah official Mahmoud Qmati, told Iraqi
state television on Sunday that the group would be “ready to begin
examining political solutions after a halt to the aggression on
Lebanon,” again without mentioning Gaza.Diplomats who also noted the
shift said Hezbollah may have left it too late to generate any
diplomatic momentum. Israel intensified its offensive by sending ground
troops across more sections of the Lebanese-Israeli border on Tuesday
and is continuing airstrikes on Beirut and elsewhere.Israel’s “ruling
logic” now was military rather than diplomatic, said one diplomat
working on Lebanon.A senior Western diplomat said there was no sign of
any ceasefire on the horizon and that the position being expressed by
Lebanese officials “evolved” from its previous stance focusing purely on
a Gaza ceasefire when bombs started dropping on Beirut.Mohanad Hage
Ali, an expert at the Carnegie Middle East Center, said Israel had been
able to seize the upper hand by ramping up the pressure on Hezbollah
militarily.“Hezbollah is playing politics… But that’s not enough for the
Israelis. It doesn’t work that way,” he said.The US State Department
said Hezbollah’s call for a ceasefire showed it was on the back foot and
“getting battered.”“For a year, you had the world calling for this
ceasefire, you had Hezbollah refusing to agree to one, and now that
Hezbollah is on the back foot and is getting battered, suddenly they’ve
changed their tune and want a ceasefire,” spokesperson Matthew Miller
said during a press briefing.“We continue to ultimately want a
diplomatic solution to this conflict,” Miller added.
Iranian
official: Gulf states’ airspace must not be used in Israeli response to
Iran-Senior official warns countries that any facilitation of attack is
‘unacceptable’ and urges ‘regional unity against Israel’By Reuters and
ToI Staff Today, 1:18 am-OCT 8,24
Tehran has told Gulf states it
would be “unacceptable” if they allowed their airspace to be used
against Iran and any such move would draw a response, a senior Iranian
official said Tuesday, as it braces for a possible Israeli response to
last week’s Iranian missile attack.The official was speaking as Iran’s
Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi headed to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf
states for talks.The comments also followed discussions between Iran and
Gulf Arab capitals last week on the sidelines of an Asia conference in
Qatar, when Gulf states sought to reassure Iran of their neutrality in
any conflict between Tehran and Israel.“Iran made it clear that any
action by a Persian Gulf country against Tehran, whether through the use
of airspace or military bases, will be regarded by Tehran as an action
taken by the entire group, and Tehran will respond accordingly,” the
senior Iranian official told Reuters.“The message emphasized the need
for regional unity against Israel and the importance of securing
stability. It also made clear that any assistance to Israel, such as
allowing the use of a regional country’s airspace for actions against
Iran, is unacceptable,” he said.The official said Iran did not discuss
the issue of Gulf Arab oil producers raising output if Iranian
production was disrupted during any escalation.A Western diplomat in the
Gulf said that during the Gulf-Iran meeting in Doha on Thursday on the
conference sidelines, Iran had made it clear that Tehran had called for
regional unity in the face of any possible Israeli response, and that it
considered neutrality of Gulf states a bare minimum.The diplomat said
Iran had made it clear that Tehran would keep a close eye on how each
Gulf country responded in the case of an Israeli attack, and also how US
bases housed in their countries were used.Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, the
United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia all host US military facilities or
troops.Israel has vowed to exact a heavy price after Iran fired 200
ballistic missiles at Israel last week. Much of the barrage was
intercepted by air defenses, and the attack ultimately killed one
Palestinian and wounded two Israelis.The IDF also later admitted that a
number of the missiles had impacted in or near IDF bases, although
defense officials asserted that the Israeli Air Force’s readiness was
not harmed and there was no significant damage.After the attack, Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Tehran had made a “big mistake”
and vowed that “it will pay for it,” and the IDF has said it is planning
its response, which will be “serious and significant.”A New York Times
report on Monday said that Israel’s first retaliation will likely focus
on military bases, and maybe intelligence or leadership sites, but that
Israel will probably decline to hit Iran’s nuclear facilities unless the
Islamic Republic escalates further.Israel is reportedly also
considering a strike on Iranian oil assets, which could deal a heavy
economic blow to the country and spike global oil prices.
