When its general manager Camping made a doomsday prediction back in May that was a "physical" failure, Family Radio informed the world that God actually used the much-publicized event "to warn the whole world that on May 21 [His] salvation program would be finished on that day."

According to Camping and Family Radio, the whole world has been "under God's judgment" since May 21. Everyone, except for the elect, or "true believers," has been hanging under God's wrath, which will unfold on Oct. 21.

God was only trying to shake up the world when He "hid" His actual plans from Camping, Family Radio purports in a document published on its website titled "What Happened on May 21?"

On May 21, "each and every true believer had become eternally safe with God in Heaven" and "no one who had not become saved by that date can ever become saved."

If Camping and Family Radio and their supporters hand not "warned" the world of God's impending doom, more people would not have been saved by May 21.

Those who came to belief in Jesus Christ after May 21, however, are out of God's good graces, according to Camping. The period of salvation is over, so any new believers with genuine faith in Jesus Christ are essentially damned, based on Family Radio's explanation.

While it purports that "only God knows who His elect are that He saved prior to May 21, Family Radio insists that "anyone can continue to beseech God for mercy because salvation and the election program are entirely in God's hands." Family Radio closes its explanation of Camping's failed May 21 prediction by noting, "You, too, without your knowledge may have become saved before that date."

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday assumed powers under the natural disaster law giving her full authority to implement a nationwide disaster relief plan as more than one-third of the country is underwater.

Yingluck, who said the move was necessary to streamline relief operations, has ordered the Defense Ministry and the army to oversee and protect key places. 
The government has struggled to channel the massive amount of water that has caused widespread flooding in the country's Central Plains, around the outskirts of Bangkok.

Yingluck said on Thursday that it is impossible to protect all of Bangkok from the country's worst floods in decades, adding that they "cannot block the water forever". 

Inner Bangkok has so far escaped major flooding as authorities divert water to areas outside the main capital, but efforts to keep the city of 12 million people dry have been complicated by a seasonal high tide.

Thailand has been hit by unusually heavy monsoon rains in the past months, killing at least 320 people in flood-related incidents and affecting thousands of villages. Currently, about one-third of Thailand's provinces are affected.

In April and May, Thailand was also hit by flooding in the country's southern region, causing billions in damages to their fishing industry, industrial sector, tourism, and business and trade, among other areas.