Dec 31, 2024 · Highway 90, which traverses the Jordan River Valley, was also intermittently blocked up to the Ein Peshcha junction in both directions, due to sudden floods and landslides. In Ashdod, several...

Jan 20, 2020 · The authorities say that the Jordan River drainage basin has received some 40 mm of rainfall, causing a moderate rise in its water level. The heavy rains caused flooding in various locations...

But the real miracle is not how wide or how deep the river bed was when Israel crossed the river, but that they crossed a dry river bed at flood season. It revealed God’s power and care for His chosen people Israel.

Nov 19, 2024 · Record rains lashed northern Israel and the Haifa region Tuesday, inundating roads and prompting flash flood warnings for the Judean Desert and Dead Sea areas as the weather system moves south...

The crossing of the Jordon was a much bigger miracle than we think. The river was at flood stage, and its waters backed up for about 20 miles while the 3 million or more Israelites crossed the river. A wall of water would have accumulated that would have …

According to the Book of Joshua in the Bible, the Israelites were led by Joshua to cross the Jordan River on their way to the Promised Land. The crossing took place after wandering in the desert for forty years. As the Israelites approached the river, it was in flood stage, meaning that it was at its highest point due to heavy rainfall.

The War over Water, also known as the Battle over Water, was a series of confrontations between Israel and its Arab neighbors from November 1964 to May 1967 over control of water sources in the Jordan River drainage basin.

During flood times, the Jordan swells to a width of one-half mile in certain areas. From the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea, only 65 air miles. But due to its many twists and turns, it is from 165 to 200 miles long. Four sources from the Jordan River north of the Sea of Galilee.

Feb 7, 2013 · We crossed over the Jordan River in the Month of Nisan, just before Pesach (the season of the harvest). In a natural way, the river can flood only from an extended period of continuous rains, or augmented by the snow melt- both of these ending before Nisan.

Jan 17, 2025 · Along that stretch, the Jordan’s floodplain is known as the Zūr, and it describes so many meanders that, although it course runs for some 135 miles (215 km), the actual distance it covers between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea is only 65 miles (105 km).