Monday, November 9, 2015

Israel Flooding Collapses Road, Swamps Cars and Hospital

Eric Chaney
Published: November 9,2015
Flooding in Israel caused a street to collapse in the Mediterranean coast city of Ashkelon and partially submerged homes, vehicles, and even the town hospital. A brief, but intense rain shower combined with the city's topograhpy is likely the culprit.
"There's no major storm system to point at – just an ordinary-looking disturbance moving through the region with scattered heavy downpours," said weather.com senior meteorologist Nick Wiltgen. "The city is on the northern fringe of the Negev Desert, which may explain why such serious flooding occurred."
Ynetnews @ynetnews
Severe flooding in Ashkelon collapses street, seeps into hospital wards. http://bit.ly/1SD1s5u 

The Yeshiva World News reported Monday that although the flooding caused a large section of Ben Yehudi street to collapse, there were no reports of any injuries.
Police closed the entrance to the coastal city after the collapse, the Times of Israel reports, as the route was unusable.
The Times reported that nearly a foot of rain fell in the city in just three hours, totaling nearly half of Ashkelon’s average annual precipitation, though other sources reported rainfall amounts closer to an  inch.
Amichai Stein @AmichaiStein1
: Floods in the southern city of (PICTURES: Medabrim Tikshoret)

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Firefighters rescued several residents trapped in flooded homes, the World News reported, and police said that number of streets in the Lachish District were cut off by water.
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According to ynetnews.com, the waters even rose high enough to enter the emergency room at Brazilai Hospital, where even the most veteran doctors said they'd never seen such severe flooding.
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