Rain, rain, rain

I mentioned a few days ago, almost in passing, that the temperature on Sunday was at least 35°C. Since then, the rain hardly seems to have stopped. On Monday evening, there was a little rain, but on Tuesday, 11 mm fell. Yesterday 36 mm fell, almost continuously, making it very difficult to find time to take the dog for a walk. Rain fell at 5:30 am this morning, but stopped shortly afterwards, thus allowing me to walk the dog. Since then, it's been bucketing down, sometimes with thunderclaps. [46.9 mm]

Three young people were killed a few days ago when crossing what would normally have been a dry stream in the Negev; instead they were swept away by the strong flow and their bodies were found a few kilometres away.

My son and his wife drove to Eilat yesterday afternoon; the road was blocked by the police at some stage because of the weather, but later on they were allowed to continue their journey and arrived safely in the evening. They say that it's a sunny day where they are. Meanwhile snow is falling in the north of Israel.

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