Reuters:  KRYMSK, Russia (excerpts) - Floods have killed at least 150 people in southern Russia.  In Krymsk, the worst-hit town, water rose above head-height in some houses and turned streets into raging torrents.

"We were lying there asleep when the water came out of nowhere at 2 a.m., and right away it was knee-deep," said Vitaly Berezhnoi, a cement worker who turned 35 on Sunday.  "We barely managed to pull the children out. The dogs drowned. All our documents were lost - the car registration, work records, my army draft card."

Residents remained without power, gas or drinking water almost 48 hours after the torrential rain struck on Friday night and the Health Ministry, fearing infection from a cemetery eroded by floodwaters, had begun vaccinating residents.  Utility poles toppled by the floodwaters lay about near a crumpled transformer in the center of the town.

Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, declared Monday a day of mourning for the dead, most of whom drowned. Many were elderly people caught unawares as they slept when water swept through their homes after two months' average rainfall fell in a night. 

The official death toll stood at 150, although Interfax news agency said in an unconfirmed report that the number of dead had risen to 170. The vast majority were killed in or around Krymsk.

Putin grilled officials in Krymsk about whether a local reservoir had broken. Residents suggested it had done so because of the size of the waves that swept through the town.  "This is not just because of rain," Berezhnoi's neighbor, Yelena Chuboreva, a pensioner, said.

Officials dismissed the allegations at a meeting with Putin shown on state television throughout Sunday. A spokesman for Russia's Investigative Committee said it was not looking at a release of water from the reservoir as a cause of the flooding.  (Anyone like to consider the hand of God?)

Putin, a former KGB spy, now 59, has increasingly struggled to project his customary image of mastery since the outbreak of protests against his rule last December.

In Putin's 12 years in power, as president and prime minister, Russia has been plagued by natural and man-made disasters that have laid bare a longstanding shortfall in investment and management of Russia's transport and infrastructure.  These include deadly forest fires in 2010 and the sinking of the Kursk nuclear submarine in 2000 which killed 118 sailors and officers. Putin was accused of responding slowly to the Kursk disaster because attempts by foreign rescue teams to save the sailors were initially not allowed.

Commentary:  Two months' average rainfall fell in one night?  Since when has that ever happened before?  In case you haven't heard, Vladimir Putin is an ally of Iran and he has publicly announced that if Israel attacks Tehran, Israel has then attacked Moscow!  In fact, Russia helped Iran create nuclear power and has provided armament to Iran.  Iran is the arch enemy of Israel, thus, Russia is Israel's enemy, in accordance with that alliance. 

The Word of God says, "I will bless those who bless you (Israel) and curse those who curse you, and in you all the nations of the earth will be blessed" Genesis 12:3.  On account of God's Holy Word, which never fails, as long as Russia plays their role in assisting Iran, they are in for some real trouble. 

In fact, Ezekiel prophesied that Gog and Magog (modern day Russia) will come with Persia (modern day Iran), Ethiopia and Libya to attack Israel in the "last days" (Ezekiel 38:8).  The alignment of these nations against Israel is coming together right now! 

How interesting it is that Russia has literally been on fire for the last few years, fires which killed 56,000 people in 2010 alone, yes, you read that correctly, the Russian wildfires killed 56,000 people in 2010, according to en.Wikipedia.org.  Of course, Ethiopia is renown for their pestilences and famines; Libya has seen their fair share of bloodshed in recent years, and Iran - well - Iran sheds enough blood hideously with their "honor killings," apostasy hangings, cutting off of heads and limbs all week long among their own people, that they really don't need any national disasters to bring attention to the mayhem in their nation.  Collectively, the wrath of God is going to be poured out so drastically upon these nations in the latter days that, if they weren't so evil, you would have to pity them.  What about Israel?  Israel is "blossoming like a rose," as prophesied in Isaiah 35:1!  Except for the constant barrage of attacks from those who hate them and are jealous of their prosperity, Israel is flourishing, no disasters, no mayhem!  I wonder why the Palestinians can't get it through their thick skulls that they are serving the wrong god!  How much more trouble do they want?

"Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, He will cast down to earth with His hand" Isaiah 28:2.  Hummm, so Russia is flooding with two months' worth of rain in one night?  How interesting. 

"The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked.  The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet" Nahum 1:3.  Are you on the right side of God's disposition?  If not, please visit the How Can I Be Saved page of this website.  We are nearing the "end of the age," according to Bible prophecy, and there is no time to lose!  God bless you.