Funding will be used for drainage to ensure that excess water can be absorbed by natural measures or sustainable manmade ones

Route 90 closed in both directions and motorists advised to find alternative routes; ski resort shut due to adverse weather conditions; rain set to weaken in coming days

Routes leading to Golan Heights and Mount Hermon ski resort remain closed after heavy snows and public urged not to try and reach area

18,000 people in Lod find neighborhood accessible only by train; several people rescued from vehicles trapped in water; deluge forecast to continue till afternoon

Torrential rains this week caused flooding that demolished homes, severed 5 bridges, swept away cars, and rendered numerous roads unpassable

Overall death toll in floods that hit western Europe rises to 208; Merkel says costs are 'immense,' promises reconstruction plan that is expected to cost billions

With torrential downpours causing multiple landslides, some 200,000 residents were evacuated from Zhengzhou, which saw the equivalent of a year's rain in just three days

Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, hit by 20 centimeters (8 inches) of rain in one hour, turning streets into rivers in heaviest rainfall in 60 years

A comptroller report in June found cities woefully unready for 2020's deadly deluges; and though leaders say they take the issue seriously, funding for preparedness remains elusive

Normally scenic Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler is one of the worst hit towns in massive flooding that killed at least 140 people in country's west