A dramatic El Niño effect is headed for the West Coast

A dramatic El Niño effect is headed for the West Coast

Doyle Rice, USA TODAY

One of El Niño's most dramatic effects is waiting in the wings and could soon cause chaos along the West Coast, especially in California, forecasters warned.

A historic El Niño is expected to up the intensity of atmospheric rivers – long corridors of water vapor in the atmosphere that can transport tremendous amounts of moisture and produce heavy rain or snow when they reach land.

"A stronger El Niño brings stronger atmospheric rivers," Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, told USA TODAY. "There aren't necessarily more of them, but atmospheric rivers are more intense during a strong El Niño like this one."

In addition, strong El Niños also increase the frequency of non-atmospheric river storms in California, he said.

"Amid an El Niño that will become the strongest, and also easternmost-centered, event on record (if it isn't already), this year's tilt in the odds toward wet and stormy conditions in California will be profoundly unsubtle," Swain wrote this week on his blog Weather West.

Often in the winter, you'll hear that "atmospheric rivers" are causing big weather problems along the West Coast. But what are they?

Made visible by clouds, these ribbons of water vapor extend thousands of miles from the tropics to the western U.S. At 250 to 375 miles wide, they provide the fuel for massive rain and snowstorms that can cause flooding along the West Coast.

In general, atmospheric rivers pick up water vapor from the warm, moist air of tropical regions and then drop the water over land in cooler regions as rain or snow.

Some atmospheric rivers can stretch as far as 5,000 miles, all the way from Asia.

Though beneficial for water supplies, such events can wreak havoc on travel, bring deadly mudslides and cause catastrophic damage to life and property, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

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Putin suggests meeting with Trump, Xi to discuss Ukraine war resolution

Putin suggests meeting with Trump, Xi to discuss Ukraine war resolution - report

ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a meeting with US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping next month to discuss ending the Russia-Ukraine war, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday night, citing people familiar with the discussions. 

The talks would not involve Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, an unprecedented move which would be expected to alarm many European countries, WSJ wrote.

According to the report, the Kremlin suggested the three leaders meet on the sidelines of the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which takes place Nov. 18 and 19 in Shenzhen, southern China.

Putin first suggested the meeting while speaking to Trump on October 9, in the same conversation in which the two leaders agreed that the US would buy Russian diesel fuel and facilitate its sale, a former Russian intelligence officer told WSJ. 

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed that discussions over a potential meeting were ongoing.

“There is no clear understanding yet regarding the meeting itself or its potential agenda, although all three parties acknowledge the hypothetical possibility of such a meeting taking place,” he told WSJ. 

A senior US official told WSJ that Trump hadn't agreed to the meeting but may be receptive to the idea due to his desire to end the war. 

This comes as Trump and Zelensky publicly criticize the other's decisions, with Zelensky saying on Saturday that Trump's decision to waive sanctions on Russia and tariffs on its goods days before they were to take effect will embolden Moscow to keep attacking Ukraine, and Trump suggesting that Ukraine needs a new president. 

Trump claimed that Zelensky "doesn't want to end this war, and probably never did," in a post on Truth Social earlier on Sunday, calling on the Ukrainian leader to stop attacking Russian diesel refineries. 

Neither the White House nor the Chinese Embassy in Washington has commented on the report, but analysts told WSJ that a meeting between Trump, Xi, and Putin could advance Xi's ambitions for China's place in global diplomacy.

“China wants to be seen as the pivot of the great powers, and potentially as a mediator between the US and Russia,” Yun Sun, director of the China program at the Stimson Center, a Washington think tank, told WSJ.

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Christian Symbols Being Attacked In Italy: Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Calls Out ‘Gangs of Thugs’

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Calls Out ‘Gangs of Thugs’ Rioting Across Europe

Margaret Flavin\

On Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron finally responded to the Islamo-Marxist riots and, unsurprisingly, he chose to blame his fellow French citizens. Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, however, is calling the rioters exactly what they are….thugs.

Originally framed as ‘student’ protests that ignited over so-called crowded classrooms and teacher shortages, the protests expanded to other cities and countries and became violent as Muslim migrants used them as an excuse to take over the streets.

The violence has spread to Italy, Albania and Belgium.

The Gateway Pundit reported that Italy’s wave began on October 5, when students occupied high schools in Turin and Rome. By October 15, dozens of schools were occupied from Milan to Naples.

During the national “No Meloni Day” strike on October 16, the left-wing collective Osa claimed 400,000 students marched nationwide. In Turin, protesters threw stones and bottles at police. The Questura reported three minors arrested for aggravated resistance, two of them carrying pepper spray and one carrying stones, and said more than 50 protesters had been identified. In Rome, hooded protesters threw firecrackers and paper bombs at the Education Ministry, and high school students burned U.S. and Israeli flags.

On Saturday, thugs attacked the Cathedral in Milan.

Total chaos outside the symbol of Christianity in Milan, the Cathedral. Paper bombs, firecrackers, cars destroyed, attacks on police, insults and shouting right in front of the Duomo. No Italian, not even the worst, would dare to light fires and shoot fireworks against the Duomo. An insult that cannot be explained and forgotten.

Total chaos outside the symbol of Christianity in Milan, the Cathedral.

Paper bombs, firecrackers, cars destroyed, attacks on police, insults and shouting right in front of the Duomo. No Italian, not even the worst, would dare to light fires and shoot fireworks against the Duomo. An insult that cannot be explained and forgotten.

Meloni said on X, “Once again, the women and men of the Law Enforcement Forces have had to face the violence of criminals who, even through organized groups, exploit demonstrations to seek confrontation and sow chaos.”

“To all of them goes my full solidarity and sincere thanks. Because they were there to safeguard the safety of citizens, workers, merchants, and all the people who have the right to live their city without fear and without seeing it laid to waste and set ablaze by gangs of thugs.”

“We stand with you.”

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Warning Signs: Seas and Waves Roaring

“Mostly Peaceful” Seas and Waves Roaring

Terry James

There is an exponentially growing spirit of insurrection manifesting today. 

The latest spirit of insurrection that is truly from demonic portals with religious fanaticism at its core is seen in this report from Europe.

The Red/Green Alliance is in the streets of France setting her on fire. Muslims and leftists, along with a lot of students, are setting fire to hundreds of schools, churches, and vehicles. They are also setting fire to principles, firefighters, and bystanders. It’s an evil apocalypse come home to roost.

France is experiencing the Red/Green Alliance’s loving touch in its streets. Violent Muslims and leftists wreaked havoc across France on Friday, setting fire to everything they could, including people. Many of the protesters were African and Arab students. Riot police clashed with teenagers in several French cities as roughly 400 high schools were closed. At last count, almost 2,000 people had been arrested as the government blamed leftists for the upheaval…

After setting their schools and even their teachers on fire, Muslim students rioting in France are now torching firefighters as they try to put out the fires… [It is] a war zone. (“France Is Literally on Fire as Muslims and Leftists Violently Protest in the Streets, Declare War Against the French State,” Terresa Monroe-Hamilton, RAIR, October 2, 2026)

Just like in the case of mainstream news reporting in the US, reporters in France and other foreign places are calling these protests “mostly peaceful.” Of course, we remember that God’s Word tells us Satan is the prince of the power of the air, so it shouldn’t surprise that such lies are going viral and are global.

In the Luke 21:24–25 prophecy by the Lord Jesus, we are warned that there will be “upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring.”

This is reference to a worldwide upheaval among the people of the earth. Certainly, we are witnessing a spreading of this hell-spawned “perplexity” among nations. The seas of humanity—instigated, I believe, by radical Islam, in conjunction with the leftist, luciferian ideology—are roaring as these foment anti-God, anti-Christ evil.

Jesus’ prophecy, like all other Bible prophecy, is clearly manifesting in these closing hours of this Age of Grace. The evil we see spreading at an alarming rate, as Islam attempts to upset the Judeo-Christian foundation of the United States and to infect the entire world with anti-God wickedness must be opposed at every level by the Church of Jesus Christ. This means we must, as individual Royal Ambassadors for our King, be ever watchful and fervent in our opposition to that wickedness.

Sadly, most churches today are slumbering and not recognizing these prophecies as being on the front pages and hourly news cycles. Heavenly alerts signaling the lateness of the prophetic hour are pulsing brightly. The Tribulation hour is on the immediate prophetic horizon.

We must put out the warning and offer the only rescue from that coming hour of satanic darkness. Here, again, is that offer from the God who loves the world of humanity so much that He provided forgiveness and redemption for all who accept His grace gift offer.

That if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and will believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10: 9–10)

 

Americans LIGHT UP CBS After Noticing the Word the Outlet Uses to Describe the Horrifying Islamo-Marxist Riots in France

Americans LIGHT UP CBS After Noticing the Word the Outlet Uses to Describe the Horrifying Islamo-Marxist Riots in France

Cullen Linebarger

CBS ‘News’ got absolutely destroyed online after using a very poor choice of words to describe the worst riots in the history of France.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, the Islamo-Marxist riots in France have completely exploded after weeks of mayhem and are threatening President Emmanuel Macron’s home.

Thousands of violent protesters on Saturday overturned cars, set buildings ablaze, and attacked police across the country. One of the most historic structures in the entire country, the 143-year-old Limoges town hall, has now burned to the ground as the police continued to sit on their hands.

Rioters were also on the verge of reaching Macron’s palace. Just imagine the horror if it were set on fire as well.

CBS, however, considered the torching of an entire country by Muslims and communists a mere “scuffle.”

Yes, the outlet really tweeted that word.

While CBS later deleted the tweet, it came far too late. X users were livid over the choice of words.

Many compared the post to CNN’s infamous “fiery but mostly peaceful protests” chyron during the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots.

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Has France Fallen? Far-Left Rioters Torch Buildings, Loot Luxury Stores As Macron Loses Control

TYLER DURDEN

France's weeks-long social unrest appears to be intensifying this weekend, with footage circulating on X showing a clear escalation in violence by far-left radicals and a deterioration in public order. The sustained chaos is exposing the limits of President Emmanuel Macron's rapid response and raising alarming questions about his government's ability to contain the crisis.

The latest government figures show that 550,000 people joined riots/protests nationwide on Saturday, including 110,000 across the Paris metro area. Separate reports say riots and chaos have spread to other EU countries. This is just embarrassing for the left-wing Brussels elite.

In Paris, police deployed tear gas and water cannons as far-left radicals smashed storefronts, set vehicles on fire and attacked local law enforcement. Rioters targeted luxury retail shops, and some reportedly threatened to storm the Élysée Palace.

Radicals emerged in other major cities. A tourism office burned in Lyon, while rioters reportedly entered municipal buildings in Marseille and Lille. In Marseille, radicals toppled a bust of Marianne and trashed city hall, BFMTV reported.

Rioters targeted stores including Apple, Louis Vuitton, and Hermès in Bordeaux.

This footage illustrates the troubling breakdown of public order across France.

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La Révolution: France Burns as Communist and Islamic Rioters Clash with Police, Storm Marseille City Hall, Smash the Doors and Chant ‘We’re Taking the Bastille!’