Tag: weather

Israel was marked by fires, traffic jams and motor vehicle accidents due to the hot, dry summer weather.

As always, though, the heart and soul of the parade were the marching bands, singing groups, and hundreds of day schools and organizations representing virtually all segments of the Jewish community.

Firefighters were busy in the forested hills around Jerusalem as high temperatures and dry air made it easy for flames to ignite in the trees.

The disaster relief supplies provided by Israel are primarily geared towards repairing and improving the water and sewage systems in Sri Lanka.

The extreme heat wave in Israel has affected hundreds of people; Israelis are urged to remember to keep drinking water.

Canadian and Israeli Jews are organizing to help residents fleeing a wildfire in Fort McMurray.

Be'er Sheva's newest mall was apparently also its most vulnerable -- part of the roof caved in to the rain.

The weekend rains helped again to raise the water level in Lake Kinneret, Israel's drinking reservoir.

The water level in the lake is still four meters below full capacity.

Snow has begun to fall on Mount Hermon; rain, wind and flash floods are forecast elsewhere in Israel.

Weather models indicate that Hebron and Neve Daniel in Gush Etzion will see snow on the ground by Friday night.

Lake Kinneret is a little ‘under the weather’ these days, according to Israel's Water Authority.

The storm predicted for Thursday and Friday will wallop the north, which has been drying up this winter.

Tornadoes and a blizzard have struck northern and western Texas, killing at least eight people.

Rain at the rate of 4 inches an hour turned the port city into a sea without a port.

Israel is hit by another dust and sandstorm, raising the pollution level up to 30 times its normal level in some areas.

IEC management appealed to the Haifa District Labor Court with a complaint that their workers’ committee was sabotaging the functioning of the company in a time of crisis.

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.

Israel's first major winter storm sailed in on Sunday morning, with gale force winds and hail in the north.

The tomato mosaic virus disease, which is raging these days in the Negev, is destroying entire tomato greenhouses.

The first rains of the winter season are expected on Tuesday, one day after Jews around the world begin adding to daily prayers that...

The dust is settling, but the mercury is not.

Another super high heat wave hit Israel Sunday and sent temperatures soaring over 100 degreees Farenheit.

The worst heat wave to hit the Middle East in more than a decade has claimed its second victim in Israel.

Israelis have broken the nation's record for energy consumption in this week's heat wave.

No one envied the Iranian last week, with temperatures above 150 Farenheit. In Israel, it hit above 100 degrees.

A massive heat wave is expected to last throughout most of next week, if not longer.

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

More than 140,000 Israelis scoffed at blustery weather and visited national parks.