90 year-low in Jordan River causing drop in Sea of Galilee
Lack of precipitation over past couple of years causes problems at the Sea of Galilee. Authority implementing measures to cope with drought.
Lack of precipitation over past couple of years causes problems at the Sea of Galilee. Authority implementing measures to cope with drought.
5 artillery shells from Turkish era removed from Kinneret and destroyed by sappers; 'we knew they can explode even after 100 years.'
Yeshiva students camping at Kinneret discover their religious belongings were horribly desecrated on the day commemorating the Holocaust.
Half a million tourists visit Kinneret beaches, authorities prepare large-scale cleaning operations ahead of holiday weekend.
Kinneret Authority launches major cleanup campaign due to the influx of tourists and beachgoers.
Three years of hotter-than-usual Februarys in a row, coupled with an ongoing drought have hit Israel's water supply.
Israel Water Authority declares third year of drought as Kinneret fails to make substantial rise, and Dead Sea continues to shrink.
Israel will experience several days of warm and sunny weather before another day of rain at end of the week.
Sea of Galilee, Israel's largest water source, is doing poorly – but desalination saves the day.
In spite of Talmudic passage saying that the town of Kursia was Jewish, archaeologist had believed it was pagan.
Marble board found in Galilee's Kursi National Park suggest ancient Jewish town where Jesus performed 'Miracle of the Swine' existed.
Kinneret water level just above the lower red line; however, Israel's other water sources flourishing.
Hundreds of people in Israel have signed a petition against a transfer of some 50 million cubic meters of Kinneret water to Jordan.
Hundreds of women participate in annual swim to raise money for special needs fund in Gush Etzion.
Body found in Sea of Galilee Wednesday night identified as Border Policemen Tal Kadoshim, who went missing over Passover holiday.
Naval sonar finds body believed to be that of Tal Kadoshim who went missing in April in the Sea of Galilee.
Family of Tal Kadoshim, 21, who disappeared after collision on Sea of Galilee, asks all of Israel to help find the border patrolman.
40 year-old Israeli man apparently became stranded after his raft was blown far away from the Kinneret's shores.
Yesterday's heavy rains bring welcome rise in levels at Israel's main water source - first increase in five months.
More than 300 women, from Israel and the world, participated in the 5th annual Women's Sadnat Shiluv BeEmunah Swimathon in the Kinneret.
The personal effects of Yakir Naveh, missing since 1962, have finally been found. But where is he?
Rain to continue on Thursday and Friday, but clear up by Purim.
Experts worry over driest year since 1927, as Kinneret reportedly loses four centimeters in February.
Meteorological services determine extremely arid month, Kinneret and other water bodies at lowest measures since recording started.
Rain to return with light local showers in north, center of the country.
Weather forecasters predict a largely rain-free week.
The “storm to end all storms" that hit Israel this past weekend brought much needed moisture to the country's aquifers, Sea of Galilee.
Kinneret water level rises significantly in three-day period; more rises expected once snow begins melting in northern cities.
"This is a historic agreement," says Minister Silvan Shalom as he signs a deal with Jordan and PA to save the Dead Sea.
After bountiful rains last winter, officials now worried that Israel may have too much water.
Earthquake measuring 3.3 on Richter scale was centered in the Sea of Galilee.
Israel experienced not one, but two earthquakes on Sunday, raising fears that a significant geological event is in the offing.
An earthquake was felt in northern Israel Thursday night with its epicenter in the Kinneret. No injuries or damage were reported.
Underwater archaeologists have found an ancient structure built from large basalt stones, under the Sea of Galilee, Lake Kinneret.
The Kinneret begins its summer fall as rain stops.
Weather is expected to be hot and dry, with dust in some places, chance of rain in others.
Nautical archeologists think structure may have been built onshore and then submerged.
With the approach of spring, Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) is still rising and is now barely one meter short of its maximum capacity.
Israelis will again drink underground "well water" this Passover, because of fears that the Kinneret may contain chametz.
The water level of Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) is still rising as the winter season begins to wind down.
Lake Kinneret once again rose Thursday as rain poured down upon the Land of Israel, causing power outages around the country.
Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) is continuing to rise in what is being seen as the most bountiful rainy season in a decade.
The Kinneret is halfway between two “red lines,” one for dangerously low waters, the other for high waters.
Sea of Galilee has risen by 84 cm since rainy spell began.
The Kinneret rose by 78 centimeters thanks to a week of rain.
Israel begins what is anticipated to be a very rainy week with a storm that shuts down train stations, leaves drivers stranded.
The rise sets a 10-year record for December. Kinneret rose 24 cm (9.5 inches) since Thursday.
Winter is expected to finally arrive in Israel this weekend, with plunging temperatures, heavy wind and rain, and thunder and lighting.
Northern coastal Israel experienced an extremely rare August event – a significant rain storm.
The water level in Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) has dropped by 26 inches (66 cm) since mid-May, and is still expected to drop further.
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan criticized GOP Rep. Kevin Yoder who, it has been revealed, went skinny-dipping in the Kinneret last year.
Portrait of a local man, probably from 3rd century CE, dug up just east of Sea of Galilee.
Two two-year-olds are hospitalized in critical condition after drowning in Sea of Galilee, Yarkon river.
British Airways first landed in Israel with seaplanes in the Kinneret in 1932. Now it flies Boeings twice a day to Tel Aviv.
A mammoth storm buried the official forecast of a year of drought and raised the level of the Kinneret beyond what anyone dared to imagine.
An until-now unknown virus is blinding the Kinneret's remaining supply of Amnon (St. Peter's fish).
Israel is preparing for its first nationwide snowstorm in years. Snow is expected to pile up in Jerusalem on Friday and even in lower areas.
Jerusalem is preparing for the third snow scare of the winter, and this time it is more probable that the white stuff will pile up.
“Hurricane” Israel closes schools in the snowbound northern Golan, floods Dead Sea roads, and blesses the country with much-needed rain.
Rain – and probably snow – will fall on Jerusalem this Sabbath, weather buffs predict, as a huge winter storm heads towards Israel.