By: JBizNews Desk 🌎
Drivers and residents across central Israel faced flooded roads and submerged vehicles Saturday as exceptional rain hit the coastal plain. Two southbound lanes of Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway were closed near the La Guardia Interchange after rainwater caused a drainage problem and a crack in the road, Ynet reports.
The left lane and express lane were closed, according to the report. Flooding was also documented in Even Yehuda, where a car was submerged, and near the Ramat Gan-Bnei Brak border. Hail fell in Kfar Saba.
A station near Kedima in the Sharon region recorded 117 millimeters of rain in just 75 minutes, according to the Israel Meteorological Service. That is about 4.6 inches of rain.
The reports also cited rainfall of 48 millimeters in an hour in Binyamina and 35 millimeters in an hour in Hadera and Tel Aviv. Ashdod received about 90 millimeters over the day.
The Israel Meteorological Service’s Saturday flood forecast warned of continued urban flooding along the coastal plain and flash floods in streams in the northern Judean Desert and Dead Sea region.
Local rain is expected to continue in northern and central Israel on Sunday, with isolated thunderstorms still possible in the morning. The service expects the rain to become less widespread from Sunday afternoon.
The closures and flooding add travel disruption to a storm affecting several communities along Israel’s coastal corridor, while the forecast keeps flood risk in place through the weekend.
JBizNews Desk | Tel Aviv, Israel
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