storms in Israel

Flooded streets in the northern city of Nahariya on November 26, 2020. (Screen capture: Twitter)

November 27, 2020, 2:54 am

Wettest November since 1994 causes flooding, damage in coastal cities

Storms expected to let up over the weekend

By TOI staff

Israelis carry umbrellas on a rainy day in Tel Aviv. May 05, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

May 5, 2020, 7:27 pm

828 lightning strikes: Israel battered by unseasonal thunderstorms, hail, floods

Rain drenches whole country, with record-breaking number of lightning strikes; Water Authority says it’s first time in over 30 years that back-to-back winters have been so rainy

By TOI staff

Illustrative: A car drives in a flooded road in the northern Israeli city of Nahariya, on a stormy winter day, on January 8, 2020. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)

March 12, 2020, 5:27 pm

Powerful storm set to batter Israel with 100-kph winds, massive flooding

Gusts twice as strong as average winter storm may damage power lines, traffic lights; Eilat could be cut off by flash floods, authorities warn

By TOI staff

A tractor clears snow from a road as snow falls in the Old Katamon neighborhood in Jerusalem, on January 16, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

February 8, 2020, 9:54 pm

Israel braces for cold front, possible snow in Jerusalem

Temperatures forecast to drop below freezing in mountainous areas of the country by Tuesday; Mount Hermon ski resort to close due to stormy conditions

By TOI staff

An F-16 fighter jet sits in a flooded hangar on the Hatzor air force base in southern Israel in January 2020. (Social media)

January 13, 2020, 9:05 am

Air force officer admits mistake in not moving jets to safety during flood

After eight F-16s stored in an underground hangar were damaged in last week’s rainstorm, military says it will get them up and running in at most a week

By Judah Ari Gross

A control tower in the Ovda air force base in Israel's southern Negev desert, November 11, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 12, 2020, 8:08 pm

Fighter jets damaged in weekend flooding; repairs to cost tens of millions

Military says heavy storms filled hangars at southern air force base before troops could get planes to safety

By Judah Ari Gross

A woman is rescued by police from flooding in Ashdod, January 9, 2020 (Israel Police)

January 9, 2020, 10:05 am

Rains continue to deluge Israel, causing flooding in coastal, desert areas

Sea of Galilee rises by 23 cm; schools stay closed in some northern communities; severe flooding in Ashkelon and Ashdod

By TOI staff

A military truck evacuates Israeli citizens through a flooded road in the northern city of Nahariya on a stormy winter day, January 8, 2020. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)

January 8, 2020, 7:27 pm

Front-loader rescues and raging rapids: Videos of rain havoc flood internet

Residents of Haifa and Nahariya hit the hardest by storm, with streets turning to rivers and many requiring help from tractors; Golan streams threaten to overflow

By TOI staff

A military vehicle carries people across a flooded road in the northern city of Nahariya on January 8, 2020. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)

January 8, 2020, 4:50 pm

Man killed in Nahariya flood as heavy rains swamp north

Eyewitnesses say 38-year-old was trying to rescue passengers of an overturned car in coastal town when floodwaters carried him away

By TOI staff

Flooding in southern Tel Aviv on January 4, 2020. (YouTube screenhot/ Almog Tsadok)

January 5, 2020, 10:44 am

Tel Aviv residents blame city as answers sought over deaths in flooded elevator

Locals in southern neighborhoods say city hall ignored warnings about poor infrastructure, blocked drains; mayor claims ‘no drains in the world’ could have contained deluge

By TOI staff

Divers seen inside a Tel Aviv building where a man and woman died Saturday due to the flooding of a basement level (Channel 13 screenshot)

January 4, 2020, 2:24 pm

Two die in flooded elevator as downpours hit central Israel, streets inundated

Videos on social media show submerged cars in Tel Aviv and surrounding suburbs; man in north electrocuted to death by heater; 2 treated for hypothermia in other cases

By TOI staff

Strong winds blow away a tent at the Givati Infantry Brigade's training base in southern Israel, December 12, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)

December 12, 2019, 5:28 pm

Elderly man dies of hypothermia in Netanya as storm causes injuries, damage

80-year-old found in his apartment; Ben Gurion Airport briefly closed due to strong winds, rains

By TOI staff

Lightning striking the Ramon Airport in southern Israel on October 27, 2019. (screen capture: Twitter/Ofer Lefler)

October 26, 2019, 11:29 pm

Storms buffet region, bringing power cuts and flooded roads

Meteorological Service warns of further flooding overnight amid heavy rainfall, lightning and thunderstorms; Gaza teen dies after touching electric pole

By TOI staff

A springtime snowstorm at the entrance to the Mount Hermon site in northern Israel, April 21, 2019. (Mount Hermon ski resort)

April 21, 2019, 10:41 am

Mount Hermon gets Passover dusting for first time in 22 years

Ski resort closes to visitors as rare springtime storm hits northern and central Israel, foiling many vacationers’ plans for holiday trips

By TOI staff

A stream overflows with water after heavy rains on the Golan Heights, January 14, 2019. (Maor Kinsbursky/Flash90)

January 14, 2019, 9:54 pm

Towns flood in north as forecasts see cold snap, snow in Jerusalem

Unusually strong rains break five-year drought, force evacuations of hikers, stranded motorists, and schoolchildren in mountainous areas

By TOI staff