Flooding in the center of the country: scans and rescues throughout Rishon Lezion Israel today

The rain that fell this morning (Friday) challenged the infrastructure of Rishon Lezion and led to flooding throughout the city, now municipal employees are conducting scans in educational institutions and assisting in rescues, no casualties are known at this stage.

The Rishon Lezion Municipality explained that the flooding was caused by a heavy cloud break that caused abnormal amounts of rain to fall in the last few hours.

A number of major flooding centers were recorded, mainly in the west of the city and in the east.

Avoid reaching the centers of flooding.

Rishon Lezion, photo: Rishon Lezion Municipality Spokesperson

Flooding in Rishon Lezion, photo: Rishon Lezion Municipality Spokesperson

As mentioned, the inspectors of the security company, the various municipal teams, Meniv employees and drivers, are in the field and assist in rescues and carry out scans in educational institutions to locate flooding.

Mayor Raz Kinstlich will conduct a situation assessment at noon, together with all the parties to get a picture of the situation on the ground.

Also, the municipality asked the public to refrain from arriving at the flood centers in the coming hours and to obey the instructions of the inspectors and rescue teams, and to report unusual events to the municipal center.

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