We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. (2Corinthians 4:8-10)
Bakery Awarded $11M over Wrongful Student Protests
The owners of an Ohio bakery who sued for libel after being targeted by student protests won Friday an $11 million verdict against Oberlin College. A Lorain County jury ordered Oberlin to pay $11 million in compensatory damages to Gibson’s Bakery, a local fixture since 1885 that was beset by protests and racism allegations after three black students were arrested for shoplifting the day after the 2016 presidential election. “The jury saw that Oberlin College went out of their way to harm a good family and longtime business in their community for no real reason, and the jury said we aren’t going to tolerate that in our community anymore,” Owen Rarric, an attorney for the Gibsons, told Legal Insurrection. “The verdict sends a strong message that colleges and universities cannot simply wind up and set loose student social justice warriors and then wash their hands of the consequences,” said Cornell Law School professor William Jacobson, who runs the conservative Legal Insurrection website.
Vermont & Illinois Governors Sign No-Limits Abortion Bill
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed Monday a sweeping no-limits abortion bill, creating a “fundamental right” to the procedure as a bulwark against the Supreme Court’s 5-4 conservative majority. Mr. Scott, a pro-choice Republican, posted a statement saying that the legislation, H. 57, “affirms what is already allowable in Vermont — protecting reproductive rights and ensuring those decisions remain between a woman and her health care provider.” Meanwhile, Vermont Right to Life executive director Mary Beerworth said the governor had endorsed “unlimited, unregulated abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy” by signing the bill, which prevents the state from interfering with or restricting abortion access. On Wednesday, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law allowing abortions for any reason up to birth and forcing every state insurance plan to cover them. The law would erase criminal penalties for performing abortions and allow non-doctors to do them. The legislation also would repeal the partial-birth abortion ban, abortion clinic regulations and conscience protections for medical workers.
Trump Bans Fetal Tissue Research by Government Scientists
The Trump administration Wednesday banned government scientists from conducting fetal tissue research, handing pro-lifers a major victory and capping a contentious debate within the Department of Health and Human Services. “Promoting the dignity of human life from conception to natural death is one of the very top priorities of President Trump’s administration,” an HHS statement read. Any future research “that requires new acquisition of fetal tissue from elective abortions will not be conducted,” the statement said. The department also said it is ending a contract with the University of California, San Francisco, that involved fetal tissue research. Some scientists had said fetal tissue research was necessary to find cures, although other scientists said such research was unethical and that alternatives existed. It was not a total victory for pro-lifers. HHS allowed current contracts with about 200 outside projects that use fetal tissue to continue, according to Politico.
Alabama Passes Controversial Castration Law
Males convicted of a sex offense against a child under the age of 13 in Alabama will be forced to undergo chemical castration in the month before they’re released from custody. Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday signed into law the bill passed by the state legislature on May 30. The effects—an inability to perform sexual acts and limited sexual interest—are reversed once treatment stops, but it’ll be up to a court to determine when this might happen. Any offenders who stop treatment on their own will be found in violation of parole and returned to custody. Randall Marshall of the ALCU of Alabama instead believes the law may be a form of cruel and unusual punishment. “It’s not clear that this actually has any effect and whether it’s even medically proven,” and “when the state starts experimenting on people, I think it runs afoul of the Constitution.” GOP Sen. Cam Ward says it will likely apply only to a small group of offenders as most people convicted in such cases are not considered for parole.
Michigan Muslim Rally Spews Hatred of Israel & U.S.
The “Quds Day” rally in Michigan last week was tailor-made for anti-Israel hate-mongers and those who despise America. Speakers at the anti-Israel rally in Dearborn, Michigan referred to U.S. presidents past and present as “criminals” and “terrorists,” calling the Jewish state a “cancer.” “Not only will we witness the liberation of Palestine, but we are going to play an active role in it with our own hands,” claimed one of the speakers. Another one praised the terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah, both of which seek Israel’s destruction. Dearborn is home to the largest Muslim population in the U.S., according to Wikipedia.
Tariffs on Mexico Suspended after Negotiated Deal
President Donald Trump said Friday he will not place tariffs on Mexico Monday as previously threatened because Mexico has agreed to take new measures to stop the flow of illegal migrants into the United States. “The Tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the U.S. on Monday, against Mexico, are hereby indefinitely suspended,” the president tweeted. “Mexico, in turn, has agreed to take strong measures to stem the tide of Migration through Mexico, and to our Southern Border.” Trump had threatened 5% tariffs on all Mexican imports unless officials there figured out a way to crack down on the flow of Central American migrants. In a major victory, Mexico has agreed to send more than ten times as many troops to the border.
Migrant Update
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan told Congress Tuesday that 90% of asylum seekers skip their hearings after being released into the United States. McAleenan’s testimony also painted a grim portrait of a border crisis that shows no signs of easing, with Border Patrol overwhelmed and underfunded. The secretary described authorities as hamstrung by laws that limit how long they can keep migrants in custody. “Currently due to a single district court order, we cannot obtain effective immigration enforcement results for the families arriving at our border — they cannot be held for longer than 21 days and do not receive rulings from immigration courts for years,” he said.
- Mark Morgan, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement told GOP senators that migrants from Central America are “renting babies” to make it easier to get across the U.S. border.
- More illegal immigrants were apprehended crossing the southern border in May (144,000) than in any calendar month since 2006. The surge in arrests was the “worst case scenario,” according to a top immigration analyst who has now believes more than 1 million illegal immigrants will enter the United States this year.
- An analysis of United States Census Bureau statistics revealed that nearly 300,000 “anchor babies” – children born to illegal aliens in the U.S. – add to the U.S. population annually, with about 20 percent of all births in America being born to legal or illegal immigrants.
- California will become the first state in the country to pay for some adults living in the country illegally to have full health benefits. The agreement in the state legislature means low-income adults between the ages of 19 and 25 living in California illegally would be eligible for California’s Medicaid program, the joint state and federal health insurance program for the poor and disabled.
Texas Governor Signs ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ Bill
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday signed the so-called “Save Chick-fil-A” bill into law, a new provision that supporters say defends the fast-food restaurant and protects religious freedoms. Opponents have argued it discriminates against the LGBT community. The new law stops the government from taking unfavorable action against a business or person for contributions to religious organizations. The bill was fast-tracked in the GOP-controlled legislature and originally was introduced after the San Antonio City Council blocked Chick-fil-A from opening a location in the city’s airport because of reported donations to organizations that protest gay marriage and other LGBT issues.
SCOTUS Rejects Challenge to ‘In God We Trust’ on U.S. Money
The Supreme Court rejected a case Monday brought by an atheist who wanted to scrub “In God We Trust,” the U.S. motto, from the nation’s currency, claiming it was an entanglement of state and religion. Michael Newdow, an activist who previous challenged reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in schools, had now set his sights on U.S. money, but lost at the district, circuit and now Supreme Court levels. On behalf of a group of atheists, Newdow argued America’s money lacked a reference to God until 1864, when it was added in. He said that amounted to an endorsement of religion. The justices rejected his petition without comment.
Supreme Court Rejects Challenges to Silencer Laws
The Supreme Court on Monday denied a request to take up a challenge to a federal law requiring the registration of some firearms including silencers. Challengers in the case believe the Second Amendment protects such firearm accessories. An appeals court had held that a silencer is not a “bearable” arm protected by the Constitution. The case comes as a silencer was used during the recent Virginia Beach massacre and President Donald Trump suggested he’d look into restrictions on gun silencers. The Trump administration had also urged the court not to take up the issue. The order was issued without comment or recorded dissent.
Man Fatally Shot, 25 Officers Hurt in Memphis
Armed officers and an angry crowd faced off after a Tennessee man was fatally shot by U.S. Marshals in a working-class Memphis neighborhood, leaving more than two dozen police officers injured. People in the crowd threw rocks and bricks, with 25 officers suffering mostly minor injuries during the tense clash Wednesday night in the Frayser community in north Memphis. Officers cordoned off several blocks near the scene. By 11 p.m., officers had used tear gas and most of the crowd dispersed. The U.S. Marshals Service said multiple officers encountered a man who was wanted on multiple warrants outside a home who then rammed his vehicle into the officers’ vehicles several times. The officers fired, striking and killing the individual. The NAACP tweeted that they were “closely monitoring the reports of riots” after the shooting.
Self-Inflicted Deaths at All-Time High in U.S.
According to a shocking new report from the Commonwealth Fund, the suicide rate in the United States is the highest that it has ever been before. It’s the same story with death rates from drug overdoses and alcohol. All three death rates are at an all-time record high. Since 2005, drug overdose deaths are up 115 percent, alcohol deaths are up 37 percent, and suicides are up 28 percent. Young adults (Millennials) were more likely than any other age group to die from drugs, alcohol or suicide over the past decade
- Some states have been hit far harder than others, according to the report. The highest drug death rates were all in northern Appalachia. “When we look at what’s going on in mid-Atlantic states — West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania — those are the states that have the highest rates of drug overdose deaths in the country,” David Radley, a senior scientist for the Commonwealth Fund, said. Rates in those states are at least double the national average of fatal drug overdose rates. West Virginia had the highest drug overdose death rates, fueled mostly by the opioid epidemic. In addition, the New England states also have extremely high drug overdose death rates.
- For suicide and alcohol deaths it is a completely different story. People died at higher rates of suicide and alcohol in Montana, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Oregon and Wyoming. The suicide rate in rural America is 45% greater than in large urban areas, according to a study released last fall by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Farming in the occupational group, along with fishing and forestry, with the highest rate of suicide deaths. Farmers’ net income has fallen 50% since 2013 and is expected to drop to a 12-year low this year, the US Department of Agriculture reports.
Economic News
U.S. employers hired the most people ever in April. The Labor Department said that businesses filled 5.9 million jobs in April – 4.2% more than in March and the most since records began in December 2000. However, taking population growth into account, new hires reached 3.9% of the total workforce compared to the record of 4.3% reached in January 2001.
With mortgage rates falling to the lowest level since September 2017, total mortgage applications surged 26.8% last week, led by an increase in refinancing, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said Wednesday. Applications to refinance mortgages jumped a whopping 47% from the prior week to the highest level since 2016. Mortgage applications to buy a home also perked up, increasing 10% after several weeks of lackluster showings as house shoppers also responded to falling rates.
According to a study that was recently conducted by the Federal Reserve, the percentage of wealth controlled by the top 10 percent of U.S. households has shot up from 60 percent in 1989 to 70 percent today. The study also found that the share of wealth among the richest 1% increased to 32% from 23% over the same period. Meanwhile, wages have stagnated for ordinary Americans. According to the Social Security Administration, the median yearly wage in the United States is currently just $30,533, remaining virtually flat recently. As the cost of living has risen faster than our incomes have, more Americans have been squeezed out of the middle class with each passing month.
If the Strait were to be closed because of the threat of ongoing attacks, it would be a massive blow to the world’s economy. Next year, for the first time since 1982, the program must start drawing down its assets in order to pay retirees all of the benefits they have been promised, according to the latest government projections. Unless a political solution is reached, Social Security’s so-called trust funds are expected to be depleted within about 15 years. In that case, benefit checks for retirees would be cut by about 20 percent across the board.
The automation wave is expected to dramatically reshape the US economy in the 2020s. This disruption will impact the labor force and cause tremendous job losses, reports Technocracy News. By 2030, automation could eliminate 20% to 25% of current jobs — equivalent to 40 million displaced workers, hitting the bottom 90% of Americans the hardest. In the next 10.5 years, automation is set to eliminate millions of jobs in the warehouse and logistics space, as well as increase the demand for small to medium-sized automated warehouses.
U.S. net oil imports (after accounting for exports) have shrunk to less than 3 million barrels per day, compared with more than 12 million in 2005. All of that American oil is keeping a lid on prices — despite US sanctions on Venezuela and Iran. Oil prices plunged into a bear market last week.
Persecution Watch
Christians are fleeing for their lives in northern Burkina Faso after twin attacks by Islamist extremists on 9 and 10 June left at least 29 people dead, according to Barnabas Fund contacts. Nineteen people were murdered in the town of Arbinda on Sunday 9 June and reports are coming in of a further ten slaughtered in nearby Namentenga province the next day. Arbinda had now lost in total no less than 100 people within six months. The entire population of Christians in the area have fled for their safety. Local Barnabas Fund contacts said that 82 pastors and 1,145 Christians, of 151 households, were fleeing from different locations in northern Burkina Faso. The latest attacks are the fifth and sixth in just the past six weeks. The four previous atrocities left a total of 20 dead. The Islamist militants’ murderous rampage began on 28 April in Silgadji.
China’s Orwellian-like network of surveillance cameras now includes churches. Most churches within the Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement in one major Chinese city, Huai’an, have government-mandated surveillance cameras that allow the communist government to monitor the congregation’s every move, reports ChristianHeadlines.com. Within the Huaiyin district of Huai’an city, 155 of the 170 Three-Self churches have government-mandated cameras that are connected to a network allowing the government to watch Christians, Bitter Winter reported. The Religious Affairs Bureau pressured us into installing them,” a member of the church told Bitter Winter. The cameras are part of a massive network of cameras across China that allow the government to monitor citizens. There are an estimated 176 million surveillance cameras across China, The Atlantic reported. That number could reach 450 million by 2020.
It appears that Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are not the only social media sites that are censoring Christian, conservative and pro-life content. Pinterest, a popular website for sharing images, crafts, recipes and do-it-yourself projects, blocked content from Live Action by placing it on a list with pornography sites and other objectionable content, according to a whistleblower at the company. Live Action’s pins typically include inspirational messages to pregnant mothers, ultrasound images of unborn babies and information about abortion procedures and Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion chain in America.
Israel
The Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast that was held again last week is a prayer movement initiated and chaired by Knesset Member Robert Ilatov, and co-chaired by former U.S. Congresswoman Michelle Bachman. Each year the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast brings together government leaders and Christian leaders from around the world to gather in Israel’s capital city to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. This year’s breakfast was truly the “gathering of the nations” said ICEJ President Juergen Buehler, “With over 800 delegates from 60 nations the breakfast is growing quickly which is evidence of the hand of the Lord on the event.”
A rocket was fired into Israeli territory from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday morning before being intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system and prompting retaliatory strikes by IDF aircraft. The incident came a day after large numbers of incendiary devices attached to kites and balloons were sent into Israeli territory from the Strip, igniting several large fires which burned crops and forests inside Israel.
A fire that has raged since Wednesday night in the hills of Itamar in Samaria is believed to have been caused by arson. So far, 1,700 acres of farmland and pastures have been burned. “This is the fourth fire to break out in four days, endangering residents and families, destroying years-worth of work by farmers,” said Iyar Segal, a resident of the Itamar hills. “We expect the Civil Administration, the IDF and police to arrest the arsonists with a strong hand, and to assist the farmers and residents.”
- Olli Heinonen, the former deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned Iran is only 6 to 8 months away from developing a nuclear weapon.
Islamic State
It has been months since the Islamic State was expelled from its territorial control in Iraq and Syria, but the brutal terrorist outfit continues to wreak havoc in the lands it once deemed its “caliphate.” The Iraqi Civil Defense Directorate affirmed last week that more than 6,100 acres of agricultural crops were incinerated in less than two weeks in 136 separate incidents, with the at-risk area spanning almost 120,000 acres of Iraqi land. ISIS has claimed responsibility for numerous blazes in recent weeks, justifying their targeting of wheat crops as retaliation against those refusing to pay them taxes.
Saudi Arabia/Yemen
A missile fired by Houthi rebels struck the arrivals hall of an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, injuring 26 people, a Saudi official said. Eighteen people were treated at Abha International Airport for minor injuries and another eight were taken to hospital. According to Houthi-run Saba News, a strategic guided cruise missile was used in the attack. The airport, which services flights within Saudi Arabia, as well as to Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, suffered material damage. The war in Yemen began in early 2015 when Houthi rebels — a minority Shia group from the north of the country — drove out the internationally-recognized government and forced its president, Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, to flee. The crisis quickly escalated into a multi-sided war, with neighboring Saudi Arabia leading a coalition of Gulf states against the Houthi rebels. The coalition is advised and supported by the US, among other nations.
Iran
U.S. Navy ships rushed to the aid of two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday after an apparent attack left at least one in flames and forced evacuations less than 20 miles from the coast of Iran. No nation or group claimed responsibility for the attack, the second on oil tankers in the region in a month. The incident is likely to increase steadily rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Oil prices spiked more than $3 to over $62 a barrel. Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency said Iranian search and rescue teams picked up 21 sailors from the Japanese-owned Kokuka Courageous and 23 from the Bermuda-owned Front Altair and evacuated them to the nearby Iranian port of Jask. Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei expressed “concern and sorrow” over the incident and warned nations not to duped by others that benefit from instability in the region.
- There is no place in the world more important for the global supply of oil than the Strait of Hormuz. The channel, which is only 21 miles wide at its narrowest point, is the only way to move oil from the Persian Gulf to the world’s oceans. If the Strait were to be closed because of the threat of ongoing attacks, it would be a massive blow to the world’s economy.
China
Vietnamese officials say China is intentionally mislabeling its products as “made in Vietnam” to avoid American tariffs, and have ordered offices to more aggressively examine products’ certificates of origin. Chinese firms first export products to Vietnam, then change the labeling on packages before exporting the goods to the United States, Japan or Europe, they said. “Dozens” of products have been identified, Hoang Thi Thuy, a Vietnamese Customs Department official, told state-run media, and goods like textiles, fishery products, agricultural products, steel, aluminum, and processed wooden products were most vulnerable to the fraud. The Customs Department exposed a company called INTERWYSE for trying to rebrand 600 Chinese-made speakers and phone chargers with a “Made in Vietnam” label.
Hong Kong
About one million people jammed Hong Kong’s streets on Sunday in an unprecedented protest to thwart a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to mainland China to face trial. Sunday’s outpouring was widely expected to raise the pressure on the administration of Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and her official backers in Beijing. Lam had yet to comment on the rally, which followed weeks of domestic discontent growing official concern from the U.S., European Union and foreign business lobbies that the changes would dent Hong Kong’s vaunted rule of law and freedoms. Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam was unswayed by one of the biggest protests in the territory’s history. Lam announced Monday that a controversial bill that would allow extraditions to mainland China for the first time will not be scrapped despite widespread opposition. Protests continued in the following days, and Hong Kong police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who had massed outside government headquarters Wednesday, throwing bricks. At least 72 people have been injured. Amid the chaos, government officials delayed the opening of debate on the bill Thursday.
Botswana
Botswana became the latest country to decriminalize gay sex on Tuesday in a landmark case for Africa when the High Court rejected as unconstitutional sections of the penal code punishing same-sex relations with up to seven years in prison. Jubilant activists in the packed courtroom cheered the unanimous decision in the southern African nation that is seen as one of the continent’s most stable and democratic. The ruling came less than a month after Kenya’s High Court had upheld similar sections of its own penal code in another closely watched case. More than two dozen countries in sub-Saharan Africa have laws criminalizing gay sex, often holdovers from colonial times. Earlier this year, the southern African nation of Angola decriminalized same-sex activity and banned discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Mali
Unknown assailants killed at least 95 people and 95 more are missing in an ethnic Dogon village overnight in the latest massacre to destabilize central Mali, a government official said Monday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, though tensions have been high since an ethnic Dogon militia was accused of carrying out a larger massacre in an ethnic Peuhl village in March. Youssouf Toloba, who leads the Dogon militia known as Dan Na Ambassagou, has denied that his fighters carried out the March bloodshed that left at least 157 people dead. Some Peuhl leaders, however, vowed to carry out reprisal attacks. Intercommunal violence has risen steadily in central Mali over the last several years, exacerbated by the presence of Islamic extremists who have moved south from their strongholds in the arid north, notes the USA Today.
Poland
President Trump on Wednesday said Poland has agreed to base about 1,000 U.S. troops on its soil, further solidifying the American-Polish relationship in the face of Russian mischief in Eastern Europe. Polish President Andrzej Duda said the final number of U.S. troops in his country will be decided by Mr. Trump, who earlier suggested up to 2,000. “The Polish government will pay for this,” Trump said in a joint press conference with Mr. Duda in the White House Rose Garden. Trump suggested that the troops would be transferred from foreign bases such as those in Germany rather than from the U.S.
Australia
The killing of four people in northern Australia has caused shock in the country most often held up worldwide as an example of effective gun control. At least four people were killed in the city of Darwin and several injured when a gunman opened fire with a pump-action shotgun late Tuesday night in several different locations. A suspect was apprehended soon afterward, and has been identified as 45-year-old local Ben Hoffmann, who was on parole at the time of the shootings. It is the worst spree shooting in Australia since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, which resulted in the country radically overhauling its gun laws. Authorities are now trying to piece together how the alleged Darwin shooter acquired his weapon and any motivations he may have had for the shootings.
Environment
Slimy, stinky sargassum is fouling Florida beaches, annoying tourists and being blamed for killing some marine life as it makes its way on shore in what may be unprecedented amounts. “Sargassum was something that was really unique and deserving of protection,” Brian Lapointe, a sargassum expert at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, told the Florida Keys Free Press. “All of a sudden, global change is going on and sargassum is becoming harmful. Now it’s the largest harmful algal bloom on Earth.” Sargassum creates a vital habitat for marine animals. But now it’s too “much of a good thing” as the large blooms make the water “anoxic and putrid.”
The 8.5 million pound boulder that crashed down onto a Colorado highway just before the Memorial Day weekend is not going anywhere, anytime soon. In fact, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday that his administration has decided to leave the boulder that crashed onto Highway 145 between Cortez and Telluride where it is and give it the name “Memorial Rock,” the Denver Post reported. The boulder that is the size of a house is one of two boulders that crashed on May 24 from a 1,000-foot ridge above the two-lane highway, leaving an 8-foot trench across both lanes. Instead of blowing up the boulder as the state typically does in similar situations, the state will divert the highway around the massive rock that has now become a new landmark.
Earthquakes
There have been more than 700 earthquakes recorded in the Fontana area since May 25, ranging from magnitude 0.7 to magnitude 3.2, recorded Wednesday at 5:20 p.m., according to Caltech staff seismologist Jen Andrews. Scientists are quite “concerned” about the huge earthquake swarm that has been shaking southern California in recent weeks, and tar is literally bubbling up through the streets in one section of Los Angeles. None of this means that a major seismic event is imminent, but it’s certainly not a good sign either.
Weather
Flooding across much of North Carolina last Saturday left three people dead, closed numerous roads and damaged buildings on the Duke University campus. The three victims were killed when their car flipped over into Rockdam Creek. Roads became rivers, high-water rescues were underway, and states of emergency were being declared in parts of the Southeast on Sunday after more than a month of rain fell in a day with more on the way. Parts of central Georgia saw 6 inches of rain in a 24-hour period that ended early Sunday. The westbound lanes of Interstate 40 near the Tennessee-North Carolina border were closed Monday afternoon after a rockslide that was triggered by heavy rains.
The western U.S. is sweltering under an unusually intense June heat wave, with temperatures soaring to near-record highs from Oregon to Arizona. Heat warnings and/or advisories were in effect Tuesday for a number of major metro areas in the West, including Las Vegas, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento and San Francisco. On Monday, normally mild San Francisco soared to a brutal high of 100 degrees, the first time that city has ever hit the century mark in June.
More than 88,000 people were evacuated this week in southeastern China because of heavy rains and flooding that left at least 49 people dead and 14 missing. Hundreds of thousands have been evacuated. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed in Jiangxi province where storms brought strong winds, hail and floods. Heavy rain was forecast to continue until June 12.
Hail the size of tennis balls hammered Munich and southern Germany on Monday, injuring several people and damaging cars, businesses and homes. The large hail was a rare sight for local residents.
- End-time weather will continue to grow more extreme (Daniel 9:26b, Ezekiel 38:22, Luke 21:25, Revelation 8:7, 11:19, 16:8,11)
