Insane Flooding in Eretz Yisrael

INSANE FLOODING IN ISRAEL

One Dead, One Missing, Dozens Rescued After vehicle Swept Away [VIDEOS] YWN

[…] The floods across the coastal region in Israel caused by the heavy rains caused numerous other drivers and passengers to require emergency evacuation from their cars that were trapped in floods.


In the town of Balfouria, four people were trapped in numerous vehicles. Seven squads of firefighters using cranes were required to evacuate them from their vehicles.

In the town of Givat Nili, Firefighters and rescue workers are currently searching for a man in his forties who was reported missing by his son after having attempted to cross the wadi in his car. The son, a 27-year-old man and resident of Arara, reported that he was with his father inside the vehicle when the pair attempted to cross the flooded wadi when the car was swept away in the current. The son managed to escape the vehicle and alerted emergency services after he lost eye contact with his father.

Firefighter, together with search and rescue units, border police and regular police have opened a massive search for the missing man. A helicopter was brought in to aid in the rescue efforts.



Firefighters were called to rescue factory workers who were stuck on the second floor of a winery in Kerem Maharal. Five people have already been rescued while another five are awaiting rescue, as of the writing of this article. The workers are standing on the roof of the winery due to flooding.

In light of the dangerous driving due to flooded streets and highways, police have closed off numerous roads across the north and central regions, including Highway 89 which leads to the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya. Police are diverting traffic to the hospital via other routes that are safer.

Highway 2 near Zichron Yaakov is closed in both directions as is Highway 652 from Mivtar Shoni to Binyamina.

Highway 66 near Megiddo was closed to traffic in both directions. Highway 6953 from Ein Ha’Emek to Mishmar Intersection was closed to traffic in both directions.

Ben Zvi Street in Jaffa was closed due to a sinkhole that opened up in the middle of the road that poses a danger to drivers.

Ha’Aliyah Street in Tel Aviv near the La Guardia interchange was closed in the northern direction due to a truck that has gotten stuck in the flood.