Weather

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

Police commissioner Roni Alsheikh estimates the rash of fires could continue to burn for two more days.

The bus was traveling along a dark winding road with minimal lighting under stormy conditions with cold rain and wind.

“It was really hashgacha pratis [divine providence] because we had all this food, a lot more supplies than we usually have on hand, so we were able to make dinner” for many more people."

Fires raged at the Latrun Forest and outside Beit Shemesh, close to the community of Neve Shalom.

The year 2016 has been declared the deadliest of the past five years on Israeli roads, according to the Road Safety Authority.

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

"I ran fast over there, despite the sandstorm and the rain on the beach, and when I got to her, I thought she was dead."

This is the fifth person to die of drowning caused by the deluge that Israel has been experiencing in the past week.

Israeli consular officials in Miami are preparing for a quick evacuation if the storm lives up to its reputation and hits the city as hard as predicted.

In Israel, thousands of families were without power for 24 hours when the sun rose on Monday, courtesy of the first winter storm to hit the Middle East.

It was a surprise shower for most Israelis, who were expecting a clear day.

Wildfires again were raging in the Judean Hills around the Israeli capital this weekend. Even Sapir was evacuated as homes burned.

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

The first group of rescued Israelis from Nepal are to arrive home on an IAF airlift in the wee hours of Monday with 3 premature babies.

With temperatures in the teens, flood waters in New York and New Jersey are starting to ice over.

Firefighters were rushed to deal with 411 fires, of which 212 were in open areas (52%).

The Kinneret rose 2 cm yesterday, and 4.5 centimeters in the past 3 days.

Flash floods and more rain in Texas means a rising death toll and desperate people searching in kayaks.

The mass blazes caused the displacement of thousands and the destruction of dozens of homes is suspected to be an act of arson.

Readers who need an infusion of faith are invited to hop a plane and head for the Western Wall.

In Rosh Hanikra, Haifa, and Zichron Ya’akov, residents found themselves contending with a deluge. There was hail in the northern Negev, even near the Dead Sea.

Israel is overdue for "the big one" -- a major earthquake is expected in the region about every 80 to 100 years.

“The State of Israel grieves for the promising young lives that were cut off by the grave disaster in the Arava. We embrace, with pain, the grieving families, and pray for the speedy recovery of the wounded.”

The temperatures were cool but not cold.

The students will study the data beamed from the orbiting Cubesats at the Herzliya Science Center.

Israel experienced an unbelievable spike in the number of times lightning struck the country, amid unseasonably cold and wet weather.

Since the beginning of the current rainy season, the Sea of has ​​Galilee recorded a total increase of 2.225 meters (7.299854 ft.).

"We stocked up on food and water ... we have a generator, powered by gas or propane ... and we'll use it to power the freezer to keep the food from spoiling, hopefully long enough till the electricity comes back."

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