Floods

The following review includes floods that caused loss of life or significant damages exceeding millions of NIS.

Since the establishment of the State of Israel, floods have been the most serious natural disasters that have affected the country.

Particularly serious floods occurred in the north of Israel in January 1969 (on a scale expected to occur once every 200 years). The winter of 1991/2 saw record precipitation in central Israel exceeding that recorded over a century and more. The precipitation caused floods in the coastal streams and significant damage totaling hundreds of millions of dollars in the densely-populated coastal regions. Record floods occurred in the river beds in the Negev, causing particularly extensive damage to the road system.