“From the sky huge hailstones of about a hundred pounds each fell upon men. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible.” – Revelation 16:21
The capital of Libya, Tripoli was hit by an unprecedented severe supercell storm on October 27th, 2020. The storm produced exceptionally large hail, possibly more than 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter. The first reports indicate that hailstones could be one of the largest ever recorded.
Such hail size would definitely fit into the world’s Top 3 giant hailstone events reported globally. Besides the Vivian (South Dakota) hailstorm from 2010 and the so-called ‘gargantuan’ hailstorm in Argentina in 2018.
The event occurred on the afternoon of the 27th when an upper trough was moving across the Mediterranean. A trough axis with a frontal boundary was moving from west to east across the southern portions of the Mediterranean Sea.
And one of the storms along the front brought an intense organized storm in the early evening hours. Social media were soon flooded with pictures of numerous giant hail stones.
In the end days, the hailstorm described in Revelation 16, will be larger than any previous storm ever recorded. But with this coming event comes the good news that a New Heaven is coming. Today in prayer, praise Jesus that He uses nature to drive us into His loving arms and in Him, we can find peace in the storm.
“Jesus taught men to see the operation of God in the regular and the normal – in the rising of the sun and falling of the rain and growth of plants.” – William Temple
God’s Word: “Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm.” – Revelation 11:19
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