On Monday, February 6,

was covered by a powerful winter storm called "Barbara", which brought strong winds, torrential rain and near-freezing temperatures. 

The Times of Israel writes about it.

As a result of the weather, an 11-year-old boy was seriously injured by a falling tree branch in the central city of Tel Mond, and a 13-year-old girl suffered minor injuries in similar circumstances in the Tel Aviv suburb of Or Yehuda.

אשדוד with the most powerful wind in the country, as of now: the average wind is 65 km and the wind is close to 100 km.

And this is already the result: פיגומים של ביין קרסו.

אין נפגעים pic.twitter.com/aPz7kGOFOj

— almog boker (@bokeralmog) February 6, 2023

Meanwhile, a 75-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man received minor injuries in the coastal city of Netanya, and an 81-year-old woman suffered minor injuries in Tel Aviv, both were knocked off their feet by strong winds.

In Kibbutz Adamit in the western Galilee, four people were slightly injured in a collision between two cars, which happened after a tree branch fell on one of them.

And in the coastal city of Ashdod, construction scaffolding even collapsed. 

Winter storm Barbara arrives in Israel, bringing strong winds with torrential rain and snow in the mountains expected over the next 48 hours.

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— Jewish News Syndicate (@JNS_org) February 6, 2023

According to the Israel Water Resources Authority, the Sea of ​​Galilee has risen by 1.5 centimeters in the last day amid heavy rain.

Authorities have warned that some parts of the country could experience flooding due to winter storm Barbara, which is also forecast to bring thunderstorms.

Light snowfall is also expected in the region in the next few days.

Intervention of the #cosco ENEDEP dockers Union lead to shutting down of the docks to protect the lives and health of the workers during storm #Barbara

The Workers returned to their homes safe!

The docks have now shut down!

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— PAME Greece International (@PAME_Greece) February 5, 2023

According to meteorologists, bad weather will persist in Israel at least until Thursday.

Forecasters predict that temperatures will continue to drop across Israel on Tuesday, and the threat of torrential rain and gusty winds will remain.

Natural disasters that shook the world in recent days

On Monday, February 6,

.

As a result of the tremors, according to the latest data, more than 4,200 people died.

Shocks were felt even in Cyprus, Egypt and Lebanon.

In the USA, in the state of New York, in particular in its western part

in the Pacific Ocean near the Kuril Islands

.

Seismologists recorded an underground tremor with a magnitude of 5.8.

In the south of Peru 

, 40 people died and 200 houses were destroyed.

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