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Authorities close off hiking trails in the Negev and near the Dead Sea for fear of flash floods.
The water is just 1.64 meters below the upper red line.
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 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 Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A particularly rainy winter has raised its level by nearly 4.9 feet.
Schoolchildren from Efrat held a special prayer for rain event on Tuesday.
By JNi.Media
“Joint teams from Israel and one of the neighboring countries are de-seeding the clouds entering Iran."
Rainbows after the first rainstorms in Israel.
The rains in Israel have finally begun, for real.
Rain at the rate of 4 inches an hour turned the port city into a sea without a port.
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 […]
It is going to be a very windy Independence Day. Snow will fall on the upper slopes of the Hermon.
"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.
The current cold spell is expected to continue this week, weather forecasters said Sunday. There may be snowfall in Jerusalem on Thursday. Sunday evening is expected to be rainy throughout the country. Rain could cause flooding in southern Israel. Intermittent rain is expected throughout the week. An anticipated drop in temperatures on Thursday could turn […]
Rain, rain, don’t go way, we prayed for it and will gladly get wet anyway.
The Kinneret rose 2 cm yesterday, and 4.5 centimeters in the past 3 days.
The Kinneret rose 2.5 cm, just in the past 2 days.
Heavy snow will fall mainly in the north by mid-week, but even lower hills can expect at least a dusting.
By Tibbi Singer
Some of these Gazan tunnels were estimated to have cost $3 million to construct, but will they sustain continued flooding by rain and sewer water?
Sometimes we get what we pray for.
Starting the 7th of Cheshvan in the Jewish calendar, Jews in Israel will start inserting the formal request for rain in the 9th blessing of the Amidah prayer.
It's raining today in Jerusalem, the first major rain storm of the new year.
Stormy, we were expecting, one way or another, but a lot of rain will be a blessing.
When a Muslim king asks the Jews to pray for rain you know that the world is not so out of kilter.
Protesters are marching in the rain in Jerusalem Monday evening and will arrive at the Jerusalem home of one of 16 terrorists to be freed by Israel. The demonstration is being called the “Umbrella Protest” because of the rain that began falling in Jerusalem Monday afternoon. Authorities had refused to grant a permit for the […]
The second storm of the young winter is headed for Israel with more needed rain but no snow, except on the Hermon mountain. Forecasters predict that it will rain on Eilat, an event that usually occurs only two or three times a year, and that up to three inches of rain will fall in the […]
Torrential rains and the "snowstorm of the century” last week have left Jerusalem with 51 percent of its annual amount of precipitation, according to observations by the Israeli Meteorological Service, and the winter has barely begun. Be'er Sheva, where many areas still are flooded, now has accumulated 63 percent of is annual rainfall and more […]
Chief Rabbi David Lau said has urged Jerusalem families to open their doors and host drivers and passengers stranded in the mammoth snowstorm that has closed highways out of the city and buried the capital under 18 inches of snow. He also said that efforts to rescue people stranded on highways must continue during Shabbat, […]
The snowstorm’s delay of Kerry’s meeting with Netanyahu finally gives Abbas a chance to explain why Israel must not exist as a Jewish state.
Snow began falling shortly before midnight in Gush Etzion, which includes some hills higher than all other locations south of Tzfat (Safed). Snow also was reported in Kiryat Arba, and 10 snow plows are on standby Jerusalem is expected to be covered with white in the morning. The snow is expected to reach the southern […]
Israelis have prayed for rain in a dry November and now are getting the dividends in spades, thanks to a rare early winter storm “from Russia with love.”
One unique event in Israel is the reaction of people to the first rains. There is almost a festive atmosphere when the first drops fall after a long and dry summer, and people can say, ”Thank God for rain."
Slightly early this year, Israel had its first major rain storm, called in Hebrew, the Yoreh rain. The rain and wind were so strong in some areas that Sukkahs were knocked down and even blown away. Only on Thursday, during the Shmini Atzeret (Simchat Torah) holiday, does Israel begin to add the prayers for rain […]
It is pronounced De-RE-sho but in simple language it spells disaster. Floods, tornadoes, hail, violent winds – you name it, you don’t want it. Midwestern to Mid-Atlantic States are in its crosshairs.
Just since Monday, the Kinneret rose another 2 centimeters to 210.445 meters below sea level, and is now standing at 255 centimeters above the lower red line. In the past 6 days the Kinneret has risen 11 centimeters.
By Hadar Sela
This short film made by Oz Segev of Ma’ale Gamla last week, shows some of the swollen streams of the south and central Golan Heights which all drain into the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee).
Snow and rain cover Israel.
People are complaining about floods and traffic and the cold and through it all, there is this amazing joy.
In the past 24 hours, the Kinneret rose 22 centimeters. At it's last measurement, it was at 211.50 meters below sea level. With the rainstorm currently hitting Israel, the Kinneret is expected to rise even higher.
Storms and floods hit Israel, as the Kinneret rises.
Over the past few days the Kinneret has been steadily rising, and on Saturday it rose by 12 centimeters reaching 212.07 meters below sea level, which is 93 centimeters above the lower red line. The Kinneret is now 327 centimeters below its maximum capacity which is at 208.8 meters below sea level. The Kinneret's highest […]
June 19, 2026 
