Alfis is already here: the north of the Golan Heights has been painted white, Jerusalem is waiting for snow

Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria are preparing for the snow that is expected to reach there in the coming hours.

Many transportation routes will be eliminated and hundreds of police officers and volunteers will be deployed on the spot.

More than a meter of snow piled up on Mount Hermon.

The Meteorological Service warns of floods, mountain mists, strong winds and floods.

And what is expected later this week?

Yoav Itiel, Eli Ashkenazi, Shlomi Heller, Keinan Cohen and Winon Ben Shoshan

26/01/2022

Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 16:26 Updated: 16:45

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In the video: Hurricane Alfis painted the Golan Heights white, Jerusalem is waiting for snow (Photo: Knesset North, Golan Regional Council, Hermon site, Tal Gilad, Rafael Naveh, Ein Zivan Tourism and Adi Fayada)

The storm "Alfis" is felt at these hours throughout the country.

After the northern Golan Heights was painted white and more than a meter of snow piled up on Mount Hermon, Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria are preparing for snow that is expected to reach there in the coming hours.

The Meteorological Service warns of flooding, high seas for Mediterranean ships, snow, visibility restrictions, mountain mists, strong winds, thunderstorms and lightning and floods.

Due to the snow that is expected to fall, public transportation will stop in the evening in some localities in Judea and Samaria, and in some of the routes from Jerusalem: Kiryat Arba;

Gush Etzion;

Mateh Binyamin settlements;

Samaria localities;

Efrat;

Ze'ev hill;

Mount Hebron;

Jerusalem and Ariel Corridor Localities.

Public transportation between Jerusalem to Mevaseret Zion, Ma'ale Adumim, Modi'in Illit and Beit Shemesh will also be stopped.

More on Walla!

Alfis has arrived: local authorities are preparing for the storm, security forces have been stepped up

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The Dead Sea Rescue Unit went on alert for the storm to reach their territory, and is also preparing to assist in Jerusalem and Benjamin.

Hundreds of patrol, traffic police, border police, volunteers and other forces are deployed in Jerusalem to deal with weather hazards, direct traffic, block roads with the danger of slipping, rescue trapped drivers and any unusual incident that requires police intervention due to stormy weather and in general

. Up to a height of 20-15 cm.

The school day in the city ended at 15:00 in all educational settings, and the municipal employees also finished their working day at this time, except for vital employees.

The Jerusalem municipality advised residents to stay close to their homes from the afternoon.

In addition, the regional and district headquarters will be opened, crews will work to deal with hazards, salt sprinklers will move on the main arteries with about 150 tons of salt at their disposal, and about 200 snowmobiles will be operated throughout the city and eight spoons for snow removal along the light rail route.

Snow in ruby ​​(Photo: Official website, Uri Kellner)

Hundreds of staff members of Netivei Israel are deployed in the field to provide an immediate response to the expected hazards on the roads.

As a result of the storm, lightning struck a house on Shazar Street in Safed. Fire crews were called to the scene and detected a fire in the electrical cabinet in the house. They cut off energy sources and turned off the fire. , Snow and flooding.

The school routine is expected to continue as usual, subject to the instructions of the police and local authorities. In Jerusalem, the school day in all settings ended at 3:00 PM. In Gush Etzion, the school day ended at 1:15 PM. The students moved to distance learning.The management of the Safed Academic College decided to close the campus from Wednesday at 13:30 until Thursday, and postpone the tests that were supposed to take place on Thursday and Friday.The tests that will take place on Wednesday will be held until 12:00 noon.

Firefighters and rescue conducted a situation assessment and prepared for the storm in cooperation with local authorities, police and volunteer units.

Focus 102 will be reinforced and manpower at stations will be thickened.

MDA was also preparing for "Alfis" and will reinforce the crews in special ambulances with snow chains, along with many paramedics and paramedics. The police will publish information about roadblocks and traffic disruptions due to the weather.

The arteries that will block traffic in the Golan Heights due to weather conditions

Tank Junction Road 99.

Raven Cliff Junction Road 959.

Kidmat Tzvi Junction North Road 91.

Waterfalls Junction Road 87.

Block Ramat Magshimim Junction Road 98.

The rain radar

Snow in Alonei HaBashan (Photo: Official website, Walla system!)

The night will be stormy, with intermittent rain accompanied by thunderstorms from the north of the country to the northern Negev.

Snow will continue to fall in the northern and central mountains, including Jerusalem.

There are fears of flooding in coastal cities and floods in the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea.

The rain will continue to fall tomorrow from the north of the country to the northern Negev.

The snow will weaken but will continue to fall on the high peaks of the Galilee and Central Mountains.

There are still slight fears of floods in the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea and local flooding in coastal cities.

It will continue to be colder than usual, but the winds will gradually weaken.

For the full weather forecast

Getting ready for the snow.

Clouds in the skies of Jerusalem (Photo: Roni Kanfo)

On Friday, it is expected to rain intermittently in the north and center of the country, along with thunderstorms, and it will be particularly cold.

In the northern Negev, local rain is possible.

Light snow may fall on the high peaks of the Galilee Mountains.

There is still a fear of flooding in the coastal cities and a slight fear of floods in the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea.

On Saturday it will be partly cloudy to overcast.

Local rains, mostly light, are still expected to fall in the north and center of the country, mostly along the coastal plain.

The rains will diminish and gradually cease during the day.

It will continue to be colder than usual, and the snow will stop.

Sunday is expected to be clear to partly cloudy, temperatures will rise but they will still be slightly below normal for the season.

In the morning, strong east winds will blow in the northern mountains.

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