Just days after the skies cleared and the weather warmed, Israel faces half a week of rain and thunderstorms ... There is a slight chance of flooding in the Negev and eastern streams.

Wednesday will see intermittent rainfall from northern Israel to the northern Negev, with isolated thunderstorms ... Snow will fall on Mount Hermon. The rain will increase on Wednesday night.

The Bedouin of the Negev own 100,000 acres, but because there is so little rain, they usually only have a harvest three out of five years. My chance meeting with Aisha was several years ago.

Risk of severe flash floods in Negev and Arava wadis extending to the Dead Sea area, along with possible flooding on roads leading south toward Eilat.

The Ramon Crater (“Makhtesh Ramon”) in the Negev desert is the world’s largest erosion crater. The crater’s ancient history dates back 220 million years to when an ocean once filled the ...