Timber collapsed onto parked and shifting automobiles on Friday in Bnei Brak and Ashkelon amid extreme winds and flooding, injuring one individual in average situation and damaging a number of vehicles, in accordance with Magen David Adom and native authorities.
Police closed Freeway 90 between Dragot Junction and the Lifeless Sea lodge district in each instructions because of flooding and warned vacationers of significant hazard.
In Ashkelon, a tree fell beside a automotive that had flipped onto its facet, trapping the motive force, who was acutely aware and suffered head and limb accidents. MDA mentioned the person was rescued by firefighters, handled on the scene and evacuated in average situation to hospital.
In Bnei Brak, a fallen tree crushed a number of automobiles, together with one reportedly hit whereas in movement. Medics examined occupants on the scene and reported no accidents.
Avi Reymanud, an MDA emergency medic in Bnei Brak, mentioned he heard “a loud crash of a tree collapsing,” alerted dispatch whereas heading down, and located the trunk over a number of vehicles. “We carried out medical checks on the passengers and the incident ended miraculously with no accidents,” he mentioned.
In Ashkelon, MDA medic Itzik Elbaz mentioned he arrived with an intensive care ambulance and motorbike responders, handled the trapped driver through the firefighters’ extrication, and transported him in steady, average situation.
A widespread winter system is producing coastal gusts of 60–70 km/h, with winds anticipated to strengthen via the afternoon and night. Dr. Amir Givati, head of the Israel Meteorological Service, mentioned gusts may attain 100 to 115 km/h alongside the coast and lowlands and 90 to 100 km/h within the mountains, with easing solely in a single day. Authorities urged the general public to keep away from flood-prone roads, safe free objects, and observe emergency directions.
“Winds will peak from noon into night alongside the coast and lowlands,” Dr. Givati mentioned, including that calmer circumstances are anticipated solely in a single day.
