Tag: Sea of Galilee

The alleged terror cell also planned assaults on Israel Defense Forces soldiers and suicide bombings.

Local waterfall.

Israel has another month of winter left, so it is possible that this year the lake may indeed reach full capacity.

Authorities close off hiking trails in the Negev and near the Dead Sea for fear of flash floods.

The Health Ministry recently received reports from ophthalmologists about three patients suffering from severe inflammation of the cornea and corneal scarring after swimming in the Kinneret.

Trucks and boats were set on fire to get victims to pay extortion fees.

By the sea.

City by the Sea

The water is just 1.64 meters below the upper red line.

No more worrying about the (Sea of Galilee) Kinneret's water level dropping below the red line in drought years or from overpumping.

Not an old car either.

Tower

On a sea.

Ice-Age remains near Sea of Galilee show ancient residents thrived as ice melted.

The lake is located in the Jordan Rift Valley, which was caused by the separation of the African and Arabian plates in a great earthquake.

The Kinneret rose 2 centimeters and is currently 209.98 meters below sea level. 

At the beginning of the migration season, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority installed live cameras in the Hula Nature Reserve north of Lake Kinneret.

Just inches from its highest level in 20 years, the Kinneret’s biggest fans remain barred from its shores due to current travel restrictions.

Israel’s largest freshwater source is only 7.3 inches short of maximum capacity, with more rain forecast for later this week.

With extreme drought conditions continuing to intensify, the government of Israel approved a plan in 2018 to pump desalinated water into the lake.

The Kinneret is always at risk of becoming irreversibly salinized by the salt water springs under the lake, which are held in check by the weight of the freshwater on top of them.

Today and tomorrow are expected to be clear, but the weekend will see the rains returning.

Heavy snow fell on the Hermon mountain overnight, adding 15 centimeters (6 inches) of snow to its lower level, just in time for the thaw. 

The rains have raised the Kinneret high enough to splash onto the Tiberias boardwalk - for the first time since 1992.

Dammed if you do, dammed if you don't.

The water level of the lake is now standing at just four feet from full capacity.

The level of the lake is now just 1.455 meters (4.77 feet) from the “upper red line,” where the water reaches the lake’s full capacity.

The current water level is 2.59 meters higher than the lower red line.

More than half that volume of water came from just the past 5 days of rain.

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.