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Thursday, April 26, 2018
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, April 26, 2018
All roads to Eilat closed amid heavy rains and flash floods
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe southern city of Eilat has been temporarily cut off from most of the rest of the country with the only two roads leading to it from central Israel closed due to heavy rains.
Route 90, which leads from Metula on Israel’s northern border, via the Jordan valley, to Eilat, has been closed around the Dead Sea to the Arava Junction following a deadly flash flood in the area in which nine teenagers were killed.
At the same time, police have also closed part of Route 40 from Mitzpe Ramon to Tzachor Juntion, due to dangerous conditions in the heavy rain.
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