Sinkholes cause the destruction of roads. Dust storm, drought damage to agriculture. Hail and floods.
Date |
Event |
Location |
Fatalities |
Financial damage (NIS millions) |
Source |
Further information |
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Jan. 7-10, 2015 |
Severe storm, damage to agriculture totaling tens of millions of shekels, heavy snow in the hills, and strong winds |
Throughout Israel |
50 |
Yevul Si |
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Oct. 19-20, 2014 |
Severe storm, damage to agriculture totaling millions of shekels |
Throughout Israel |
6 |
Kav Lamoshav |
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May 6, 2014 |
Severe storm, damage totaling tens of millions of shekels to the fence along the Egyptian border |
Throughout Israel |
1 |
Yisrael Hayom |
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Dec. 10-14, 2014 |
Exceptional storm, heavy snow in the hills, flooding in the south, power cuts in and around Jerusalem, damage to vegetables and citrus fruit |
Throughout Israel |
100 |
Makor Rishon |
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May 13, 2013 |
Severe storm, dramatic fall in temperatures |
Southern Negev – Arava |
Walla! News |
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Jan. 26, 2013 |
Very severe storm lasting 30 minutes leading to heavy flow of water in streams with relatively limited capacity |
Throughout Israel |
Eretz Hakinneret, Issue 8 |
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Oct. 30, 2004 |
Heavy hail and floods |
Southern Israel |
Kav Lamoshav |
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Oct. 21, 1997 |
Rain and hailstorms |
Southern Israel |
Tens of millions |
Ofakim 56 |
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Apr. 13, 1971 |
Rain and storms cause damage |
Throughout Israel |
Ha’aretz |
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Nov. 15, 1970 |
Heavy rain, wind, and heavy hail cause damage, apartments flooded |
Ashdod, Yavne, Ashkelon |
Ha’aretz |
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Jan. 29, 1968 |
Storms causes damage to orchards and avocado plantations |
Coastal plain – Western Galilee |
Ha’aretz |
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Dec. 26, 1967 |
Storm causes damage to orchards and avocado plantations |
Western Galilee |
Ha’aretz |
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Jan. 29, 1967 |
Severe storms, houses flooded |
Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ajami neighborhood |
Ha’aretz |
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Aug. 25, 1966 |
Compensation for peanut growers due to early rains in 1965 |
0.9 IL |
Ha’aretz |
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Oct. 8, 1965 |
Heavy rain damages cotton and peanuts |
Ha’aretz |
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Nov. 25, 1964 |
Over 230 mm of rain falls, fields flooded |
Jezreel Valley |
Ha’aretz |
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Nov. 23, 1964 |
Damage to citrus fruit, tropical crops, and field crops |
Throughout Israel |
Several million IL |
Ha’aretz |
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May 10, 1964 |
Severe damage to fields due to unusually late severe weather |
Arava |
Ha’aretz |
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Apr. 19, 1964 |
Damage to hay due to rain |
Northern Israel |
Ha’aretz |
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Mar. 22, 1964 |
Damage due to heavy rain |
Western Galilee |
Ha’aretz |
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Mar. 3, 1964 |
Storm, damage to agriculture in Northern Israel |
Upper Galilee, Jordan Valley |
1.25 IL |
Ha’aretz |
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Oct. 10, 1962 |
Early rains damage cotton crops |
Western Galilee |
Ha’aretz |
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Sept. 17, 1959 |
Early rains damage tobacco and fig crops |
Galilee |
Ha’aretz |
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May 19, 1958 |
Storm damages 16,000 dunams of irrigated crops out of total of 30,000 |
Upper Galilee |
1 IL |
Ha’aretz |
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May 15, 1958 |
Storm damages 250 dunams of cotton and field crops |
Hula Valley |
Ha’aretz |
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May 2, 1957 |
Spring rains damage hay and fodder |
Ha’aretz |
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Nov. 14, 1955 |
Damage to approx. 3,000 dunams of cotton due to early rains |
Beersheva, Gilboa |
Hundreds of thousands of IL |
Ha’aretz |
