Weather

Israeli security officials cautiously admit at least "some" nationwide fires caused by pyroterrorists but underline dry, windy weather conditions helped.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat will personally pick the winning Jerusalem snowman.

The rains in Israel have finally begun, for real.

Foreign Ministry officials are working with Guatemalan authorities to determine whether Israeli search and rescue teams are needed.

They are stuck in the snow, unable to advance, that their equipment is drenched and that the gas in their single burner is about to run out.

Volunteers at Chabad of Kathmandu are working to distribute waterproof tents to earthquake victims in Nepal ahead of moonsoon season.

The last such devastating earthquake, in January 2010, took the lives of more than 300,000 people in Haiti.

The "Chaverim" Jewish assistance organization reported many people were trapped in flooded vehicles, and that numerous basements were totally under water.

It's not clear whether any foreign nationals were casualties in the earthquake.

To the disappointment of many children, not enough snow fell to close the schools.

The unusually long heat wave that blanketed Israel in November 2010 lasted for nearly three weeks.

"From talks we’ve had with heads of the community and Israel’s Consul General we learned the damage is vast, and the rehabilitation will take years."

The children walked in the water, which in some places was knee-high.

Hundreds have died and tens of thousands of acres have burned to ash in Europe. Wildfires also began in Israel last month.

Exceptionally stormy weather is expected to start in Israel overnight Monday into Tuesday, possibly affecting flights at Ben Gurion Int'l Airport.

The wind is still howling as Israelis slog through the second of a three-day winter storm bringing badly-needed moisture.

The level of the lake at present is still at 17.7 feet (5.4 meters) below its fullest level.

Lebanon did not ask its closest neighbor, Israel, for help, nor did Israel offer any assistance.

On Sunday, Jan. 5 2020, the level of the lake stood at 211.48 meters below sea level, just about halfway between the upper and lower red lines.

Israel’s leading rabbis issue an appeal to the public to include a special prayer for rain in the daily services when the winter rains are scant, and drought looms on the horizon.

Experienced Israeli winter weather moguls are already set up for the coming storm in the north.

Fires in Rishon Lezion, Pardes Hanna and the French Hill neighborhood of Jerusalem were quickly brought under control.

The remains of Crocodilopolis, a city established there in the fourth century BCE, are still visible today.

Jackson Township is about eight miles’ distance from Lakewood, home to a large Orthodox Jewish population.

More than 40 firefighter teams and eight firefighting planes were deployed to help Zichron Yaakov.

Israelis were warned to avoid unnecessary physical exertion, remember to drink water and to stay in air-conditioned areas as much as possible.

New Yorkers are facing brutal cold and slushy snow with more in the forecast; it's sunny and warm in Israel.

Starting Sunday at 8 am and continuing through Monday night at midnight, a ban will be in force prohibiting fires in parks, forests and open spaces throughout the country.

Israel's Firefighting Commission has banned people from lighting fires outdoors "while these conditions prevail at reserves and parks in Israel.”

"Honduras and Israel are close friends and strategic allies who form part of an alliance of reciprocal support."