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Israelis walking in a downpour rain while shopping at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, April 9, 2018. (Liba Farkash/Flash90)
June 15, 2018, 3:51 pm
It’s raining in Israel, but I’m not relieved
There are agricultural reasons why summer rain is bad here, but it's the spiritual significance that has me losing sleep
By Marcy Oster
Flooding in Sderot on June 13, 2018. (screen capture: Twitter/Hadashot/Robby Pereg)
June 13, 2018, 12:25 pm
Floods inundate southern Israel as freak rains batter country
Record-breaking precipitation recorded in western Negev, overwhelming storm drains in some towns
By TOI staff
A Palestinian man looks at a discovered tomb consisting of nine burial holes, which was found by Abdelkarim al-Kafarna, in his backyard in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza City, Friday, January 26, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
January 27, 2018, 8:00 am
Heavy rain unearths ancient graves in backyard in Gaza
Local archaeologists believe the site is about 2,000 years old, dating back to the Roman era
By AP
People enjoy the snow at Mount Hermon ski resort, in northern Israel, on December 25, 2017. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
January 6, 2018, 11:58 am
Hermon ski resort reopens as weekend storm calms
Route 90 running along Dead Sea and Route 234 near Tze'elim remain closed to traffic due to floodings
By TOI staff
Lightning is seen above the coastal city of Netanya on January 4, 2018, as the worst storm of the winter hits Israel. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
January 5, 2018, 10:31 pm
Israel pounded by heavy rain, lightning in worst storm of winter
Brunt of stormy weather believed to have passed, as over 100 inches of rain, snow seen in parts of northern Israel
By TOI staff
Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market in wind and rain on January 4, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 5, 2018, 10:27 am
Raining on everyone’s parade
There's more thunderous hyperbole than real thunder surrounding an actual storm, as well as threats about war with Gaza and the Netanyahus' 'obsession' with security
By Joshua Davidovich
Thousands people gather at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City to pray for rain, December 28, 2017. (FLASH90)
December 28, 2017, 6:08 pm
Thousands pray at Western Wall for rain to break drought
Mass supplications organized by agriculture minister and led by chief rabbis, other religious leaders
By TOI staff and Agencies
View of the Sea of Galilee, northern Israel, April 19, 2017. (Isaac Harari/FLASH90)
December 26, 2017, 3:49 pm
Water comes out of the faucet
Irrigation as a stop-gap measure makes us forget how we used to turn to God to bring the rain
By Yonatan Neril
Illustrative photo of Israelis watching flash floods in Nahal Og, which empties into the Dead Sea, November 26, 2014. (Maxim Dinshtein/Flash90)
October 9, 2017, 2:52 pm
150 rescued near Dead Sea as first rain hits Israel
Flooding, power outages recorded in various places due to downpour; temperatures expected to be low during rest of week
By TOI staff
People walk through the rubble left by mudslides following heavy rains in Mocoa, Putumayo department, southern Colombia on April 1, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / LUIS ROBAYO)
April 2, 2017, 6:29 am
Colombia mudslides kill 206, sweep away homes
'Hundreds of families' said missing after surge hits southwestern town of Mocoa; governor describes 'unprecedented tragedy'
By Rodrigo ALMONACID
One of the Eilat vehicles of the Eilat police rescue unit arrives at the scene of the flooding early Wednesday morning March 1, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)
March 1, 2017, 9:46 am
130 teens rescued from flooded campsites near Eilat
Sudden downpour and hail storm causes flash floods; Eilat Airport shut, major roads closed
By TOI staff
Israelis use a rubber dinghy to slide down a slope at the Mount Hermon ski resort on December 20, 2016. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
December 27, 2016, 9:27 am
Homeless man dies of hypothermia as Israel hit by storms, snowfall
Flooding shutters stretches of coastal highway; Hermon ski site closed
By TOI staff
Storm clouds gather over Dizengoff Square in central Tel Aviv on December 15, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 16, 2016, 10:52 am
Tel Aviv area homes without electricity as storm fells power line
Electric Corp. works to end outage affecting 1,000 residences in Gush Dan region as heavy rain pelts central Israel
By TOI staff
Police examine the vehicle that was stuck in a flood earlier today in a tunnel in Haifa, where a 74-year-old man was trapped and died, on December 13, 2016. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
December 13, 2016, 11:21 pm
Haifa finds itself underwater, weeks after wildfires set it ablaze
Streets, highways flooded and strong winds lash northern Israeli city as winter makes itself felt
By TOI staff
November 30, 2016, 1:45 pm
Beyond the fires: Climate change
Shorter, drier winters are coming (long, intense summers too); policy-makers must wake up and prioritize accordingly
By Yosef Gotlieb
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