You hear of calamities by land and by sea, and they are constantly increasing. What is the matter? The Spirit of God is taken away from those who have the lives of men in their hands, and Satan is coming in to control them, because they give themselves to his control. 6LtMs, Ms 1, 1890, par. 36
Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean
Sun, April 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM GMT+32 min read
The Tennessee Department of Health has confirmed 10 weather-related deaths in the past week after several days of severe weather, including tornadoes and flooding across Tennessee.
The death toll doubled in two days.
More: Tennessee severe weather: Death toll hits 5 as Nashville braces for more storms, flooding
5 victims are confirmed in McNairy County, two in Fayette County and one each in Carroll, Obion and Tipton counties.
Everything in the world is in agitation. The signs of the times are ominous. Coming events cast their shadows before. The Spirit of God is withdrawing from the earth, and calamity follows calamity by sea and by land. There are tempests, earthquakes, fires, floods, murders of every grade. Who can read the future? Where is security? There is assurance in nothing that is human or earthly. Rapidly men are ranging themselves under the banner they have chosen. Restlessly they are waiting and watching the movements of their leaders.
An intensity such as never before was seen is taking possession of the world. ST July 6, 1904, par. 1 – ST July 6, 1904, par. 2
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The State Emergency Operations Center in Nashville has activated a Level 3 – State of Emergency Saturday, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency announced in a release.
Nearly 62,000 were without power in Middle Tennessee just before 6 p.m. Saturday after the National Weather Service said at least one likely tornado touched down in Cross Plains, The Tennessean reported.
More: Nashville weather updates: More than 60K without power after storms, tornado warnings
Flooding risk remains across Middle Tennessee
Areas prone to flooding in Montgomery and Obion counties have issued voluntary evacuations ahead of a new band of severe weather.
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Threats of heavy rain and major flooding persists throughout the weekend with the highest rainfall amounts, up to 8 inches of rain, expected in the northwestern part of the region.
While appearing to the children of men as a great physician who can heal all their maladies, he will bring disease and disaster until populous cities are reduced to ruin and desolation. Even now he is at work. In accidents and calamities by sea and by land, in great conflagrations, in fierce tornadoes and terrific hailstorms, in tempests, floods, cyclones, tidal waves, and earthquakes, in every place and in a thousand forms, is Satan exercising his power. He sweeps away the ripening harvest, and famine and distress follow. He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the pestilence. These visitations are to become more and more frequent and disastrous. Destruction will be upon the inhabitants of the world. The beasts of the field will groan, and the earth will languish.
And then the great deceiver will persuade men that those who serve God are causing these evils. The class that have provoked the displeasure of Heaven will charge all their troubles upon the faithful few whom the Lord has sent to them with messages of warning and reproof. It will be declared that the nation is offending God by the violation of the Sunday-Sabbath, that this sin has brought calamities which will not cease until Sunday observance shall be strictly enforced, and that those who present the claims of the fourth commandment, thus destroying reverence for Sunday, are troublers of the nation, preventing its restoration to divine favor and temporal prosperity. Thus the accusation urged of old against the servant of God will be repeated, and upon grounds equally well established. “And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.” [1 Kings 18:17, 18.] As the wrath of the people shall be excited by false charges, they will pursue a course toward God’s ambassadors very similar to that which apostate Israel pursued toward Elijah. 4SP 407.2 – 4SP 408.1
NWS says the risk of severe weather in Middle Tennessee is expected from 3-10 p.m.
Officials are urging residents to listen to any local guidance issued.
Community shelters are available in impacted areas. For the most up to date shelter locations, visit TEMA’s website.
Storm debris, ponding lead to warnings about road conditions
The Tennessee Department of Transportation says crews are working to clear reported debris on several roadways in West Tennessee.
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In Middle Tennessee, I-40 eastbound near mile marker 141 was closed due to tree limbs and other debris. A TDOT official said it was expected to be cleared by 7:15 p.m.
Roads may be impacted by debris or flooding. Before you get behind the wheel, check road conditions on TDOT’s Smartway map.
Katie Nixon can be reached at knixon@gannett.com.
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