Live Update
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Man trapped as car gets washed away in flood outside Jerusalem
A vehicle gets washed away in a stream outside Jerusalem amid heavy rains, with authorities scrambling to rescue a man who got trapped in the middle of a flooding.
Dramatic footage from the Arazim Valley shows a man standing on top of the car while trying to avoid the rushing water underneath him, with medical and rescue forces struggling to reach him.
A second man reportedly managed to escape earlier by swimming to the riverbank. Both men’s condition isn’t immediately known.