Weather

While only the fifth-hottest year since 1950, 2025 was still packed with extreme events, from near-50 °C heat in the Jordan Valley to once-in-a-hundred-years rainfall records in the western Galilee.

The tunnel was located approximately 800 meters from the border, near Kibbutz Kissufim, and is entirely within Israel's side of the Yellow Line.

Storm conditions led to the evacuation of a Jerusalem special education school as firefighters assisted disabled students and responded to multiple flood incidents across the city.

Israel braces for worsening conditions after a weekend of downpours, strong winds and rare stream surges in the South.

People in much of the Northeast were advised to stay off the roads because of treacherous conditions, with states of emergency declared in New York and New Jersey.

JetBlue Airways has canceled 225 flights, the most among the carriers, closely followed by Delta Air Lines canceling 177 flights and 153 by Republic Airways.

The move is the Trump administration's latest effort to gut US research related to climate change, as well as federal agencies that have previously worked on climate-related research.

14 Israelis rescued from vehicles across Yavne • Two students injured as tree collapses in Rishon Lezion • Netanya man found dead with severe hypothermia • 19-year-old from Bnei Brak still missing

Currently, the storm has made landfall in northern Israel and is expected to progress through the region over the next few days after causing heavy rains and floods in Greece over the past week.

Israel will expect between 100 and 150 mm of rain, with the storm hitting mainly the coastal areas, while rain is also expected in the north and the Negev.

Google's new model promises more accurate forecasts for up to two weeks. It is eight times faster than the previous version and adds hour-by-hour predictions.