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One Israeli killed, another missing as winter storm sweeps Israel

A woman in her 50s from east Jerusalem was killed after a heavy object struck her as floodwaters rose in her home, and emergency services are searching for a boy near Modi'in Illit.

Heavy flooding inundates a road in the village of Abu Gosh, outside Jerusalem, as vehicles and heavy machinery make their way through floodwaters following winter rains.
View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm "Byron" hits Israel. December 11, 2025.

Israel braces for storm with wind gusts up to 110 km/h, red alert in Center, Northern Israel

Heavy winds and rain at the beach in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, December 10, 2025.

WATCH: Firefighters rescue two Israelis trapped in vehicles on flooded roads in West Bank

Israel fire and Rescue Personnel at Nahal Beersheba, where the lifeless body of a man swept away by flooding was found, December 30, 2025.

Rescue services locate lifeless body of man swept away by flooding near Meitar River


How to make healthy hot chocolate this winter

If you like a nice hot chocolate on a cold winter's evening, there is a way not to feel bad about your health afterward.

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Hermon sees first snow as Israeli weather turns wintery

Temperatures are expected to rise slightly over the next few days before dropping again towards the weekend.

 The Hermon covered in snow.

Israel's still warm - even though it's winter: Weather forecast

Temperatures expected to be higher than usual on Sunday, Monday • Tuesday's going to cool down

 PEOPLE WAIT at the light rail stop on Jaffa Road in downtown Jerusalem.

Landslide buries bus in Colombia, at least 33 dead - government

Officials said at least 25 people were on the bus traveling between Cali, Colombia's third largest city, and Condoto, in Choco province.

 aerial view of the rescue operations of a bus that was buried after a landslide due to heavy rains in Pueblo Rico, Colombia December 5, 2022

Landslide kills at least three on Italy's island of Ischia

"There are some difficulties in the rescue operations because the weather conditions are still challenging," says Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi.

 Debris are seen on the street, following a landslide on the Italian holiday island of Ischia, Italy, in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on November 26, 2022.

Israel election: Will rainy weather wash away the Arab vote?

"Isolated showers are expected from the north to the northern Negev," said the Israel Meteorological Service.

 JERUSALEM EXPERIENCES its first rain of the season, last Thursday, even before the beginning of Heshvan.

How do we remove the bitterness of the Hebrew month of Heshvan? - opinion

Considering the important contribution that rain makes to the well-being of this country, surely the seventh of Heshvan should be prominently highlighted on our calendars

 JERUSALEM EXPERIENCES its first rain of the season, last Thursday, even before the beginning of Heshvan.

Sydney records wettest year since 1858 as Australia braces for more floods

Though Australia has experienced an excessive amount of flooding in the last two years, this nation down-under has experienced a drastically wetter year.

 Flooding from heavy rains affects western suburbs in Sydney

Rain falls in Israel, causes mid-summer floods

It is not unheard of to have light rain once in August, but is still a novelty.

Rain falls in mid-August in the upper Galilee

Rain, rain, go away: Can the weather affect opinions we later share online? - study

Israeli research shows how a rainy day affects reviews of a past stay in a hotel by inducing a negative mood when the review is written.

Israel prepares for Storm Carmel as rain falls in Tel Aviv, December 20, 2021