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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

storm damage

Vehicles are under water during flooding in Philadelphia, on Thursday, September 2, 2021, in the aftermath of downpours and high winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ida that hit the area. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
September 2, 2021, 9:23 pm
Rabbi among at least 18 people killed as remnants of Ida slam New York area
One fatality named as Shmuel Dovid Weissmandel, 69, of Mount Kisco, New York, who was found lifeless in his car while on his way home
By AP and ToI Staff
Wiel de Bie, 75, stands outside his flooded home in the town of Brommelen, Netherlands, on July 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
July 18, 2021, 1:53 pm
Survivors recall escapes, ponder future after homes destroyed in Europe’s floods
Belgian resident says flood came ‘like a tsunami’; pizzeria owner in Germany bemoans ‘catastrophic’ damage; Dutch man loses collection of old magazines, radio bulletins
By ERIC FUX and EMILY SCHULTHEIS
A worker (L) takes a picture of a destroyed area in Insul near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, western Germany, on July 17, 2021. (Photo by CHRISTOF STACHE / AFP)
July 18, 2021, 8:56 am
Merkel to visit flood zone as western Europe death toll tops 180
Germany to set up special aid fund as national fatalities reach 156; worst storms in living memory draw attention to climate change policy ahead of elections
By Christof STACHE and Michelle Fitzpatrick
A John Deere agricultural tractor sits under a collapsed building following a derecho storm, a widespread wind storm associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms, on August 10, 2020 near Franklin Grove, Illinois (Daniel Acker/Getty Images/AFP)
August 11, 2020, 9:34 am
Rare and powerful derecho leaves path of devastation across US Midwest
Storm, with a wall of wind reaching around 100 mph, causes widespread damage and leaves hundreds of thousands without power from Nebraska to Illinois
By RYAN J. FOLEY and Seth Borenstein
People walk in rainy and windy weather on Jaffa street in Jerusalem, on October 15, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 15, 2019, 8:30 pm
Storms flatten trees and sukkahs, causing blackouts and concert cancellations
Despite extreme weather conditions, 120,000 Israelis trek through nature reserves and national parks as they enjoy the Sukkot holiday
By ToI Staff
After a brief delay to let a downpour pass, volunteers resume their search for human remains at a mobile home park in Paradise, Calif., Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. (AP/Kathleen Ronayne)
November 25, 2018, 6:45 am
US climate change report warns weather is getting more catastrophic
White House document quietly released while Americans busy with Thanksgiving weekend contradicts Trump regarding global warming’s effect on worsening natural disasters and economy
By Seth Borenstein
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
The jar containing a 70-year-old copy of Israel's Declaration of Independence came to light when a storm uprooted a tree at Kibbutz Degania Alef in the Jordan valley, April 2018. (Jordan Valley Regional Council).
May 8, 2018, 10:26 am
Storm exposes 70-year-old copy of independence declaration
Scroll rolled into sealed taxidermist’s jar remained in pristine condition between tree roots at northern kibbutz; last month, winds knocked tree down
By Sue Surkes
Metal roofing sheets from a supermarket blocking a road in Menden, western Germany, as the region is hit by the storm named 'Friederike,' January 18, 2018. (AFP Photo/dpa/Markus Kluemper/Germany OUT)
January 19, 2018, 1:35 am
Nine dead as huge storms batter Europe
Rail services face heavy disruptions, flights scrapped due to hurricane-force winds across continent; Israel airline diverts air traffic amid heavy rains and wind lashing
By Hui Min NEO and JO BIDDLE
The beach in Tel Aviv on a stormy winter day in Tel Aviv, January 5, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 5, 2018, 1:18 pm
Two children rescued from roof of car stuck in flooding
Roads closed by trees, potholes due to severe winter weather, Sea of Galilee rises three centimeters
By ToI Staff
Fog and rain in the northern Israeli city of Safed, January 04, 2018. (David Cohen/Flash90)
January 5, 2018, 9:43 am
Heavy rains, floods and even hail batter Israel’s north in worst storm of season
Rescue services on high alert amid expected storm damage in major cities; IDF warns hikers to stay on marked trails as floods can carry mines beyond boundaries of marked minefields
By ToI Staff
A stormy day in Jerusalem (illustrative photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 4, 2018, 7:05 pm
Israel on high alert as winter storm approaches
Rain, winds, thunder and hail predicted in the coming days; Tel Aviv piles up sandbanks as buffer for waves
By Stuart Winer
People board up windows of a business in preparation for the anticipated arrival of Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 18, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/Ricardo ARDUENGO)
September 20, 2017, 2:47 pm
In Puerto Rico, synagogues cancel High Holiday services ahead of Hurricane Maria
As the Category 5 storm bears down on San Juan, community members are urged not to venture outside
By Larry Luxner
David Seidenberg
September 8, 2017, 12:10 pm
David Seidenberg
After the storm: How do we pray?
Praying for strength creates strength, and may help humanity confront the storm fatigue that’s on the horizon
A man covers a bodega's windows before the arrival of Hurricane Irma in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic, September 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)
September 7, 2017, 12:01 pm
At least 8 dead and 23 injured as Irma smashes Caribbean
Two-year-old child among fatalities on devastated Antigua; expert says massive hurricane could be ‘most costly in US history’
By DANICA COTO and ANIKA KENTISH
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