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Authorities close off hiking trails in the Negev and near the Dead Sea for fear of flash floods.
Yossi Margaretten of Chaverim of Rockland, N.Y., told JNS how and why his second night of Passover was different from all his other second Passover nights.
By Israel Hayom
Mount Hermon saw at least 30 cm (11 inches) of snow, raising hopes that Israelis would finally get to enjoy a winter wonderland before spring.
The weather one experiences has an influence on the opinions he expresses, and in turn, on those who are influenced by these expressed opinions, a new Israel study has found.
The bride and groom could not stop thanking the volunteers for their kindness.
The city recommended that people open the hot water tap slightly, to prevent water from freezing in the pipes.
They drove around the city in one of United Hatzalah’s ambulances and distributed warm blankets to the homeless.
"The man suffered a serious head injury from being hit by the tree."
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Firefighters were rushed to deal with 411 fires, of which 212 were in open areas (52%).
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Israel is one of the few countries in the world that is not yet working on the issue of climate on the basis of a budgeted, approved national preparation plan,” according to a report by Matanyahu Englman.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The climate crisis is one of the major issues on the world agenda. It concerns the lives of all of us,” says the Israeli prime minister.
The trapped people from the ATV took refuge on the roof of the vehicle.
The Kinneret rose 2 centimeters and is currently 209.98 meters below sea level.
Hurricane Eta, a Category 4 hurricane that killed at least 178 people and left hundreds missing, caused severe damage to the countries of the region, to the road infrastructure and agriculture, and left thousands of refugees in its wake.
When it rains, it pours.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The heat wave and terror-arsonists have been responsible for some large fires in Israel.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Sea of Galilee reached a whopping 107.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel experienced an unbelievable spike in the number of times lightning struck the country, amid unseasonably cold and wet weather.
The rains have raised the Kinneret high enough to splash onto the Tiberias boardwalk - for the first time since 1992.
The IDF censor attempted to squelch reports of the damage after two hangers and the air force base became flooded with 50 million liters of rain.
More than half that volume of water came from just the past 5 days of rain.
By Aryeh Green
National and Municipal rescue teams scrambled all across the country to rescue people trapped in the floods.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
This is the fifth person to die of drowning caused by the deluge that Israel has been experiencing in the past week.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The mass blazes caused the displacement of thousands and the destruction of dozens of homes is suspected to be an act of arson.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
With eight inches already on the ground and snow expected to continue to fall throughout the day, the Hermon ski-resort management closed the site to visitors, on Sunday
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Kinneret’s level climbed by 71 CM (30 inches) in the past month and a total of two meters since the beginning of the winter (79 inches).
This is the first time in two years that the Kinneret's water level has risen above the Lower Red Line.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A particularly rainy winter has raised its level by nearly 4.9 feet.
The 3.6 earthquake had its epicenter in the northern end of the Kinneret.
The sailor, Jean Francois Colas, 60, was taken to an Israeli hospital in Ashdod for further treatment.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
To the disappointment of many children, not enough snow fell to close the schools.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The city is expecting a major storm on Wednesday afternoon.
This time it wasn't from rockets.
By JNi.Media
The Water Authority's recent models for the autumn indicate a chance of yet another drought year.
More than 350 people have been killed since the monsoon season began at the end of May; at least 220 of them since August 8.
A 3.7 magnitude earthquake was felt along the Sea of Galilee on Friday, at 11:51 AM.
The Kinneret region has been hit by a number of earthquakes over the past few weeks.
Are Israel’s emergency services ready for the Big One?
This was only a small earthquake.
The third earthquake today (plus an aftershock).
Two 4.1 earthquakes were felt up north early Wednesday morning.
By JNi.Media
“Joint teams from Israel and one of the neighboring countries are de-seeding the clouds entering Iran."
By JNi.Media
"The whole city became Venice. Everything is flooded, the playground, there are ten cars stuck in the puddles."
The 3 earthquakes were on the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea.
By JNi.Media
The trip organizers wrote: "Don't worry, we are well prepared for the trip, and the course has it coordinated with the appropriate authorities. It will be fun, wet, and full of great memories."
Twenty-five students were swept away by a huge wave as the roaring waters rushed into the riverbed.
By JNi.Media
The tank was successfully rescued and there were no casualties as a result of the incident, other than a few bruised egos.
Last year, the Israel Space Agency signed an agreement with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to use its expertise in the examination of deep space radiation effects and its absorption in the human body.
By JNi.Media
The rains of the last few weeks have improved the seasonal rainfall, and the rabbinate has changed its directive and ordered the chazan to no longer say the special prayer for rainfall.
It appears the drought may also be over for this year, though it's not enough water to refill the lake.
"The government is trying to find water in other places. But the quality of the water will be very poor. So for now, the vegetables are fine, but the earth is losing its minerals and soil structure."
“We are praying for rain, but we must prepare for more drought.”
A new infrastructure project will pump water back into the Kinneret, saving the Sea of Galilee and the Galil.
An 8.1 magnitude earthquake hit 73 miles off of Mexico's coast overnight.
By JNi.Media
Miraculously, the Jewish texts which have withstood almost 2,000 years of exile, have stood up to Houston's flood waters.
By JNi.Media
After an initial briefing with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and with the Orthodox Union which is coordinating the volunteers within the Jewish community in Houston, the ZAKA team set out to work.
By JNi.Media
In 2014, Dell donated $1.8 million to the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.
By Chabad.org
“It was really hashgacha pratis [divine providence] because we had all this food, a lot more supplies than we usually have on hand, so we were able to make dinner” for many more people."
By Chabad.org
Hurricane Harvey flooded two of the few main supermarkets carrying kosher food and caused the other two to shut down as well—one has been turned into a shelter by authorities—and supplies are now beginning to run low.
The satellite will help a farmer see the spatial and temporal changes of crops in the entire field, and on an intra-field scale of small plots as well.
"The regional cooperation key to restoration of the Jordan River could be emulated around the world."
An earthquake near Crete was felt in parts of Israel.
A 5-alarm fire spread like lightning, totally destroying a building in Queens, NY that stood for generations and housed 14 businesses.
The rains in Israel have finally begun, for real.
JewishPress.com is blogging the efforts of Israel's firefighters and security personnel battling pyroterrorists.
Four Arab suspects are arrested on allegations of deliberately setting fires in the Jerusalem Corridor.
MK Boker says government funding for fire buffer lines could have prevented injuries and property damage.
Four people have been arrested in connection with at least one of the fires that have raged across the country.
The government is reaching out to other nations for aid in battling the ongoing blazes across the country.
By JNi.Media
They are stuck in the snow, unable to advance, that their equipment is drenched and that the gas in their single burner is about to run out.
Israel’s embassies in each country are contributing supplies worth $10,000 to help hundreds of displaced citizens.
Weather models indicate that Hebron and Neve Daniel in Gush Etzion will see snow on the ground by Friday night.
The storm predicted for Thursday and Friday will wallop the north, which has been drying up this winter.
Rain at the rate of 4 inches an hour turned the port city into a sea without a port.
By JNi.Media
IEC management appealed to the Haifa District Labor Court with a complaint that their workers’ committee was sabotaging the functioning of the company in a time of crisis.
The first heavy rains of the fall-winter season are expected to fall Sunday and continue intermittently through Wednesday. Flash flood warnings have been posted for the eastern and southern regions. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are forecast for Sunday, although temperatures will remain high. On Monday, colder weather will accompany more showers and thunderstorms, and […]
The first rains of the winter season are expected on Tuesday, one day after Jews around the world begin adding to daily prayers that God "brings the wind and rain." The change is made during the prayers on Shemini Azereth, the same day that Simchat Torah is celebrated in Israel. In the Diaspora, the two […]
Weather forecasters are promising partly cloudy to sunny skies through the weekend and at least until the beginning of the Sukkot holiday, which begins at sundown Sunday night. Temperatures in Israel will drop again Friday, especially along the coast, and daytime highs will be around the upper 20s Celsius, or in the 80s Fahrenheit. It […]
The dust is settling, but the mercury is not.
The sandstorm has caused traffic accidents and breathing problems.
By JNi.Media
Its so hot, the Arab threat to drive us into the sea don’t sound half bad...
By JNi.Media
Israelis have been feeling the heat lately, and not only over tensions erupting from the Iran nuclear deal.
A massive heat wave is expected to last throughout most of next week, if not longer.
Jellyfish warning flags are now going to be standard.
The temperature is expected to reach extreme levels today, drink water.
Snow fell in Tzfat (Safed) Friday morning, not enough to stick to the ground but enough to make residents wonder if they were dreaming or perhaps it is January. Several inches of snow fell on the Hermon as a rare mid-April storm faded away after blowing away Israelis' Yom Ha'Atzmaut plans for cook-outs and hiking, […]
It is going to be a very windy Independence Day. Snow will fall on the upper slopes of the Hermon.
The rain is strong, the fire department had to rescue people who got stuck in their cars.
Winter returned to Israel on Saturday, and Sunday, a week after Jews stopped praying for rain.
Snow is uniting the American people, so to speak. An area in every one of the 50 states, including Hawaii, will see snow this week, according to the WeatherBell site. This week will be the first time since 2012 that even Florida will see snow. New York is expected to get another 3-4 inches today, […]
They rely on a verse from Jeremiah - "Seek the welfare of the city."
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat will personally pick the winning Jerusalem snowman.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
“Deliveries in ambulances always place us under even greater stress until we hear the first cry of the baby,” said paramedic Aluma Simon....
This is not a snowstorm. This is a blizzard, even by New York's standards.
The other leaders are no better: Lapid takes credit for water rates going down and Livni says she is tough on Hamas.
"He gives snow like wool; He scatters hoarfrost like ashes." - Psalms 147:16.
Even residents in Kfar Saba and upper Haifa may see snow, which also may fall on Ben Gurion Airport.
Models indicate Israel is on target for one of those "once in 50 years" storms that hit every two years.
Heavy snow forces the Hermon ski slopes to close; Kinneret rises, but slowly.
Rain, rain, don’t go way, we prayed for it and will gladly get wet anyway.
June 26, 2026 
