The peak of the storm "Carmel" is behind us: It will still rain accompanied by lightning and hail

The peak of the storm "Carmel" may be behind us, but the rain is still with us: Throughout Tuesday it will still rain accompanied by lightning and hail - and it will occasionally be stormy, especially in the north of the country. The first day of the storm was characterized by strong winds, with gusts in many areas reaching more than 50 km / h, sometimes even more than 60 km / h, and also heavy rainfall, especially in the north and parts of the coastal plain.
The peak of rain until last night at 21:00 was recorded in Safed, where 53 mm was measured. Almost the same amount fell in Merom Golan, 52 mm. In most other measuring stations in the north, it dropped between 20 and 40 mm, while in Capernaum near the Sea of ​​Galilee, 38 mm were recorded.
The center did not stay dry either, but the amounts of rainfall were lower. In Jerusalem it dropped 25 mm, in Tel Aviv 22. In the southern coastal plain the gaps were large between nearby localities. While at the measuring station of the Meteorological Service in Nitzan 38 mm were measured, in Ashkelon - only 15 km away - only one millimeter fell. In the Negev, where heavy air pollution was recorded, a few millimeters fell.
During the last day, adequate amounts of snow fell on the lower level of Mount Hermon, where about 15 cm were piled up. The site was closed to visitors yesterday, and will be so today. In the northern Golan Heights snowflakes were seen in the air, .

The rains - and especially the winds - caused quite a few casualties and damage. One of the most serious incidents occurred yesterday morning on Raziel Street in Netanya, where a tree collapsed on a 49-year-old man, who was seriously injured. He was taken to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, from where it was reported that the doctors were fighting for his life. MDA paramedic Israel Dahari spoke of "a large tree uprooted and falling on a man who passed by."
Another serious incident that was examined to see if it had anything to do with the weather conditions was a self-inflicted accident between Migdal Haemek and the town of Yafia, an accident in which the driver of the car, Carla Shaar, 18, from Yafia, was killed. A train collided around 5:20 p.m. on a pillar near the road. The police said that the circumstances of the accident were not yet clear, but that the possibility that the weather conditions had caused the collision was being investigated.
Another crash event took place yesterday afternoon in Jerusalem: a light pole fell on a truck on Hebron Road in the city. MDA medics and paramedics evacuated two men in their 30s to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, who were lightly injured. At least 15 trees in Acre collapsed yesterday, but there were no casualties. City staff sawed and evacuated the trees. Nearby, at the Tel Mond-Kadima junction, a traffic light turned on its axis due to strong winds.
Along with the strong winds and heavy rains, the extreme cold also caused injuries, and MDA reported several cases of hypothermia. To Assuta Hospital in the city.
Magen David Adom called on the public, especially during the cold winter days, "to be in touch with family members and sick and elderly neighbors, who live alone and to make sure that everything is fine and that they do not reach a state of hypothermia." In another incident, a 75-year-old man, who fell on the street, was taken to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem yesterday afternoon, apparently due to the strong wind. His condition was defined as mild. A few hours later, a 36-year-old man slipped in a puddle near the entrance to a residential building in Rishon Lezion, and was also lightly injured. He was taken to Shamir-Assaf Hospital by a doctor with a head injury.
Under the auspices of the winds, a fire broke out last night at the "Loft" restaurant on Moshe Becker Street in Rishon Lezion, and it burned down completely. The flames threatened to spread to nearby restaurants, but firefighters operating at the scene in several hotspots managed to contain the fire and stop it from spreading. A fire also broke out in a residential building on Netivot Mishpat Street in Modi'in Illit. Firefighters rescued a woman, a baby and a girl.
The electricity company said that its employees are working to repair damage to the electricity transmission infrastructure caused by the strong wind. The company has strengthened its staff in the field as well as the customer service center. The IEC said that "there is no 100% electricity and due to the storm there is a fear of damage to the regular power supply. IEC employees will work to repair any damage as soon as possible." It was emphasized that "in the event of torn wires there is a danger to life. Emergency services or hotline 103 must be reported immediately."
Police have issued a series of instructions to the public:
• It is advisable to forgo unnecessary trips or hikes in streams and areas that may be flooded in the face of inclement weather.
• Avoid entering parking lots and underground levels during significant rainfall events. Do not enter elevators on underground levels and do not stay in parking lots.
• Bathing in the sea during strong winds and high waves is dangerous and there is a danger of drowning, so bathing and spending time on the beaches should be avoided.
• Strong winds can lead to the collapse of trees, pillars and so on, as well as the flying of various objects. Any such hazard must be reported to the authorities as soon as possible, as well as tying / securing on the balconies and gardens dangerous objects that may fly as a result of the winds and lead to injury to passers-by.
• It is recommended to contact the competent authorities before going on a field trip in order to obtain vital and up-to-date information.
Storm "Carmel" is so named as part of the joint European naming project for Israel, Greece and Cyprus - which gives for the first time a name to every significant storm. "Athena" and "Balus" were the storms that preceded "Carmel" this year, and the one that followed will be called Diomedes. The following names include, among others, "Irit", "Joel", and "Lavie".
Stormy weather hit not only Israel, but also its neighbors: in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan, mountain peaks were covered in white - for the first time this season. Yesterday at noon, the heaviest snow seen in Lebanon since the beginning of winter fell in Lebanon. Large amounts of snow and rain are expected to fall all over the area in the coming hours and days, and some roads in the country have been blocked.
In Egypt, schooling in several districts was canceled yesterday due to the stormy weather, and ports in the north of the country, on the shores of the Mediterranean, were shut down due to strong winds. In the coastal city of Alexandria, heavy hail fell, and the fact that the streets were covered in white caused excitement among the Tush