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In this July 5, 2016, file photo, visitors pass outside the front of a replica Noah's Ark at the Ark Encounter theme park during a media preview day, in Williamstown, Kentucky (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
May 26, 2019, 9:17 am
Owners of Kentucky Noah’s Ark attraction sue over heavy rain damage
Owners demand bailout after storms caused nearly $1 million in property damage
By AP
The Farod waterfalls flow after heavy rains in the Lower Galilee on January 19, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 3, 2019, 7:54 pm
Sea of Galilee level rises after heavy weekend rain
Current winter one of the wettest in recent years, but lake still four meters beneath full capacity
By TOI staff
Wildflowers are strutting their stuff along the Dead Sea high way by Ein Gedi, Feburary 22, 2019. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
February 28, 2019, 9:45 pm
Need a break from the news? The flowers of the Dead Sea beckon
Thanks to above-average rainfall this winter, desert wildflowers are strutting their stuff, making the most of the short pollination period before the weather heats up
By Sue Surkes
Lebanese soldiers walk on a snow-covered road as they return to their base camp in the village of Dahr el-Baydar, Mount Lebanon, on January 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
January 9, 2019, 9:13 pm
Syrian girl in Lebanon killed as winter storm batters Middle East
‘Norma’ causes major flooding in neighborhoods of Beirut, power cuts in electricity-starved Gaza, and heavy snow and rainfall in Israel
By AP and TOI staff
Boaz Nehemia of Yerushamayim, Jerusalem's local weather forecaster, who forecasts the weather with his home weather station on the roof of his building (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
January 9, 2019, 8:18 pm
In Jerusalem, a legendary weatherman brings a warm touch to frigid forecasts
Boaz Nehemia is hailed for his local weather website, ‘Yerushamayim,’ which offers his own passion for exacting predictions rain or shine
By Jessica Steinberg
Nadav Argaman outside his home on February 11, 2016. (Flash90)
January 9, 2019, 3:13 pm
Rushin’ to judgment: 8 things to know for January 9
After Shin Bet head Nadav Argaman accuses [redacted country name] of planning cyber attacks to fiddle with Israel’s election, Moscow feels its ears start to burn for some reason
By Joshua Davidovich
Screen grab from Israel Meteorological Service's rain radar
December 23, 2018, 12:53 pm
With rain radar down, Israel’s forecasters use Saudi, Jordan weather maps
Israeli military still tracking systems moving across the country, but professionals and public are forced to use websites of other countries in the region
By TOI staff
Screen capture from video of firemen rescuing a driver who became trapped in his car in a Haifa underpass, November 24, 2018.
November 25, 2018, 8:33 am
Firemen pull driver from car submerged in rain-flooded Haifa underpass
Vehicle is trapped in notorious section of city road; safety system that stops traffic when water level rises reportedly fails
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford attend a ceremony at the Aisne Marne American Cemetery near the Belleau Wood battleground, in Belleau, France, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. (AP/Francois Mori)
November 11, 2018, 2:56 am
Trump lashed by critics after skipping military cemetery visit over rain
President sends chief of staff to lay wreath at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, an hour drive from Paris, after weather grounds helicopter
By AP and TOI staff
A man walks in the flooded St. Mark's Square during a high-water alert in Venice on October 29, 2018 (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
October 31, 2018, 9:45 am
Venice underwater and at least 11 dead as violent storms slam into Italy
Many deaths due to trees crashing down on cars and pedestrians; weather creates exceptional tide in Venice, covering three-quarters of the city for first time in a decade
By Colleen Barry
Illustrative: Flooding in the Judean Desert due to heavy rain, which hit Israel over night, on January 19, 2018. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
October 25, 2018, 10:03 am
Thunderstorms, flooding, and strong winds set to batter Israel
Israelis brace for gusts of over 100 kilometers per hour and heavy rainfall across the country
By TOI staff
Waves are pictured at Costa da Caparica, near Lisbon, on October 13, 2018 (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)
October 14, 2018, 4:06 am
Leslie weakens from hurricane as it nears Portugal, Spain
Lisbon issues red warnings for high winds or dangerous coastal conditions for 13 of country’s 18 mainland districts
By AP
A car in the central city of Bnei Brak is seen after it fell into a road that collapsed due to heavy rains on September 8, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)
September 8, 2018, 2:38 pm
Road in central Israeli city caves in due to heavy rains
Two cars fall into chasm caused by collapse of street in Bnei Brak; no reports of injuries
By TOI staff
A picture shows cars trapped in the mud after floods in Saka, Hiroshima prefecture on July 8, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Martin BUREAU)
July 9, 2018, 3:19 am
Death toll in record Japan flooding rises to at least 75
Rescuers struggle through mud to search for dozens of people still missing as monster rains lash central and western Japan
By AFP and TOI staff
Rescuers prepare dive gear at the entrance to a cave complex in which 12 boys and their soccer coach are trapped in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand, July 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
July 5, 2018, 9:32 am
Rescuers race to drain water inside Thai cave before new rains
Diving sets sent through to area where youths trapped, Thai navy SEALs assessing chances of taking boys out before a fresh downpour makes evacuation harder, even impossible
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA
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