Shortline Bus Posted January 11, 2013 Share #1 Posted January 11, 2013 "The fiercest winter storm to hit the Mideast in years brought a rare foot of snow to Jordan on Wednesday, caused fatal accidents in Lebanon and the West Bank, and disrupted traffic on the Suez Canal in Egypt. At least eight people died across the region.In Lebanon, the Red Cross said storm-related accidents killed six people over the past two days. Several drowned after slipping into rivers from flooded roads, one person froze to death and another died after his car went off a slippery road, according to George Kettaneh, Operations Director for the Lebanese Red Cross.In the West Bank town of Ramallah, a Palestinian official said two West Bank women drowned after their car was caught in a flash flood on Tuesday. Nablus Deputy Governor Annan Atirah said the women abandoned their vehicle after it got stuck on a flooded road, and their bodies were apparently swept away by surging waters. Their driver was hospitalized in critical condition.In the Gaza Strip, civil defense spokesman Mohammed al-Haj Yousef said storms cut electricity to thousands of Palestinian homes and rescuers were sent to evacuate dozens of people. Parts of Israel were bracing for snow a day after the military was forced to send helicopters and rubber dinghies to rescue residents stranded by floodwaters. In Jerusalem, streets were mostly empty as light snow began to stick Wednesday night. School was canceled for the next day because of the weather, which Israeli meteorologists said was the stormiest in a decade."Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/photos-snow-holy-land-article-1.1237431#ixzz2Hdd9GOIs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted January 11, 2013 Share #2 Posted January 11, 2013 They can use the water over there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted January 11, 2013 Share #3 Posted January 11, 2013 Snow? In the middle east? I thought the bombs and warfare significantly increased the surface temperature, making it impossible. This is sad to hear it does so much damage tho, oh hi 67th Ave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted January 11, 2013 Share #4 Posted January 11, 2013 One of my Hebrew translators is on vacation over there... Needed her to revise something for me and she wrote back finally saying that she had lost electricity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted January 11, 2013 Share #5 Posted January 11, 2013 Snow? In the middle east? I thought the bombs and warfare significantly increased the surface temperature, making it impossible.This is sad to hear it does so much damage tho, oh hi 67th Ave please tell me that was a poor attempt at a joke.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share #6 Posted January 11, 2013 please tell me that was a poor attempt at a joke.... Quill acting his 12 year old age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted January 11, 2013 Share #7 Posted January 11, 2013 Quill acting his 12 year old age. That's no excuse... But damn, wasn't there recently a larger than usual amount of rainfall in the area. I'm sure floods caused the most damage over everthing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Den Posted January 12, 2013 Share #8 Posted January 12, 2013 Its their own fault, they have been playing games with "cloud seeding" to make it rain over there for a long time. Its getting out of hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgood6195 Posted January 12, 2013 Share #9 Posted January 12, 2013 Its their own fault, they have been playing games with "cloud seeding" to make it rain over there for a long time. Its getting out of hand. Looks like Thundersnow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted January 12, 2013 Share #10 Posted January 12, 2013 Thundersnow is not fun. I like thunderstorms/showers, but if I hear thunder out of nowhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgood6195 Posted January 12, 2013 Share #11 Posted January 12, 2013 Hate thunderstorms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.