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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
September 8, 2017, 12:10 pm
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
By David Seidenberg
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
Collapsed wall in Tel Dan dating to First Temple era, 27 December, 2016 (Zvika Tzuk, Israel Parks and Nature Authority)
December 28, 2016, 9:24 am
Biblical-era Tel Dan wall collapses as storms hit northern Israel
Part of stone structure dating from time of First Temple was reduced to mud due to heavy rainfall, burying five ancient gravestones
By TOI staff
Men push a motorbike through a street flooded by a river that overflowed from heavy rains caused by Hurricane Matthew in Leogane, Haiti, Wednesday, October 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
October 6, 2016, 8:06 pm
Hurricane Matthew death toll rises to 140
Haiti bears brunt, with 136 dead and at least 350,000 needing help, as tempest beats path towards Florida
By Agencies and TOI staff
An American flag placed by first responders is seen December 27, 2015 in the aftermath of a tornado in Rowlett, Texas. (Photo by AFP Photo/Laura Buckman)
December 28, 2015, 12:09 pm
Death toll at 43 as wild weather tears across parts of US
Midwest storm brings twisters, blizzards and flash floods, and forecasters say it's not over yet
By AFP
Debris of homes spread out after Saturday's tornado in Garland, Texas, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015. (G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
December 28, 2015, 5:52 am
At least 11 die from Texas tornadoes, 13 in Midwest flooding
Some 1,450 homes near Dallas damaged or destroyed, cars swept into swollen rivers amid days of tumultuous weather
By David Warren and REESE DUNKLIN
John Kerry shakes hands with US Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Daniel Baer after arriving in Vienna, Austria, on October 29, 2015. (US State Department)
October 29, 2015, 1:51 pm
Car opens fire on soldiers outside settlement, none hurt
Attackers flee toward nearby village after shooting at hitchhikers outside Ofra; pipe bomb thrown at police in Jerusalem
By Joshua Davidovich
A Israeli man tries to open a sewer drain as water floods a street during a storm in Netanya, north of Tel Aviv on October 25, 2015. (AFP/JACK GUEZ)
October 28, 2015, 10:38 pm
WATCH: Flash floods wreak havoc in central Israel
Heavy rains down power lines, leave hundreds stranded in major cities in Sharon region
By Raoul Wootliff
Severe traffic on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on October 28, 2015. (Simcha Simon, courtesy)
October 28, 2015, 4:27 pm
Storm leaves 15,000 households without power, again
New outages come hours after power company fixes electrical grids damaged in previous storm
By TOI staff
Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm in Beheira, 180 kilometers (112 miles) north of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Mahmood Shahiin)
October 26, 2015, 3:21 pm
Air Canada plane struck by lightning en route to Tel Aviv
Flight from Toronto to Ben-Gurion diverted to Cyprus after being caught in Sunday's storm
By Raoul Wootliff
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