Emergency services scramble to rescue people trapped in cars on water-logged roads; snowy conditions force school closures on Golan

Temperatures expected to rise slightly over coming days with clearer skies, but forecasts show the downpours resuming next weekend

Up to 150 millimeters of precipitation recorded in northern Israel, 200 mm on Mount Hermon; rains expected to continue through weekend

Sea of Galilee closed to swimmers due to windy weather; Environmental Protection Ministry warns of poor air quality caused by grime swept in from northern Egypt

Greenhouse gas emissions are expected to heat the planet's surface by another three or four degrees by 2100

Powerful storm causes landslides and fills rivers until they burst as 110,000 responders search for the missing and trapped

Hottest July measured on Earth since records began in 1880 backs up climate change predictions; 9 of the 10 warmest Julys in past 140 years have occurred since 2005

Record-breaking temperatures have 'rewritten climate history'; 2019 is on track to be one of the warmest years

The last four years are the hottest on record, the planet is getting hotter at a rate unparalleled in two millennia, and atmospheric CO2 levels at their highest in 3 million years

Climate scientists warn that searing weather could be the new normal for temperate continent