"La Nina 2020: What Will It Mean 4 You?"

It's official. La Nina--a phenomenon that occurs when the surface of the Pacific Ocean cools--has formed. And according to the U.S. Climate Prediction Center, the effects are already evident.

"La Nina triggers an atmospheric chain reaction that stands to roil weather around the globe, often turning the western U.S. into a tinder box, fueling more powerful hurricanes in the Atlantic, and wreaking havoc globally. La Nina effects the entire world," the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said.

So far, La Nina can be blamed for: 

Over 7,000 wildfires raging across the west, including California, Oregon and Washington. Out of control fires have incinerated an unprecedented 3.1 million acres in California alone, thousands of homes, and over 30 people.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown fears the number of casualties will rise.

"This could be the greatest loss of human lives and property due to wildfire in our state's history," she said.

"Entire communities have been razed with five towns 'substantially destroyed' and widespread evacuations taking place under apocalyptic orange skies," reports MailOnline.

From Bloomberg Green: "The extreme weather that's hammered California with runaway wildfires and hit Louisiana with its most powerful hurricane in 160 years may be about to get even worse."

In a year of never-ending bad news, a recent study reveals that 44% of all Americans believe God is sending the world a wake-up call to repent and turn away from their sin, because The End really is near.

According to GotQuestions.org:

"The Bible prophesies of many events that will occur in the end times. These events can be categorized as natural signs, spiritual signs, sociological signs, technological signs, and political signs. We can look to what the Bible says about these things, and if the signs are present in abundance, we can be certain that we are in fact, living in the end times...with the restoration of Israel to her land in 1948, the single most impressive proof that the end times are really upon us. And remember, these signs are here to warn us.

LUKE 21:28 says, "When all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near."

The good news? Though this world is sinking faster than the Titanic, God has provided a way of escape through faith in His Son.

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life" (JOHN 3:16).

A wise man once said: "In a troubled time, it's easy to focus on worries rather than on God. And yet we find the solutions to our worries in God. We worry about elections and about violence in the streets. We worry about the world economy and the terrible plague. Those issues are important, but our focus needs to be on God and the things of God. Every minute of life here needs to be lived in the awareness of a future that spans eternity." -- Hal Lindsey, author

HOW TO GO TO HEAVEN ☝

News:

• USA Today: Oregon officials prep for 'mass fatalities'

• The Weather Channel:  Louisiana Orders Evacuations: Gov. Declares State of Emergency in Advance of Hurricane Sally  an area still devastated from Hurricane Laura. Meanwhile 5 tropical cyclones in Atlantic simultaneously

• The Washington Post: Wildfires brew extreme fire behavior prompting National Weather Service to issue its first-ever fire tornado warning; record shattering heat wave in California of 121 degrees contribute to worst ever fire season