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Event: CW Cold Wave Number: 2013-000153 Country: ISR Israel Location: Date (YMD): 2013-12-12 Time: Duration: Magnitude: Information Source: IFRC Comments: Starting Wednesday 12th December 2013, Israel has been suffering from a severe winter storm affecting the whole country. To date the storm has claimed four lives; 3,000 people have been transported to medical care; 4,000 have been assisted by the IMDA, and the government has been rendering some kind of an assistance to 2,000,000 citizens affected by the storm. Aproximate Location::   THIS DISASTER ON THE INTERNET:	Useful Links: Back to Search results New Search Statistics Charts Tabular Reports Related Records: Same Event in other Countries: CW-2013-000153-PSE Cold Wave,Palestine (West Bank, Gaza): The announced extreme heavy rain fall and snow storms hit the West Bank and Gaza on 10 December 2013 and are still striking throughout Palestine. The heavy rain and snow has generated floods in several parts of Palestine and 20 families have been evacuated from their houses with the support of PRCS. CW-2013-000153-JOR Cold Wave,Jordan: Heavy snowfalls have blocked roads and caused hundreds of accidents, prompting specialized authorities to constantly work to reopen them, said Amman's Municipality Secretariat. Jordan was hit by a blizzard Friday and Saturday that dumped almost half a meter of snow in certain parts and "channeled around 10 million cubic metres (mcm) of water into the country's dams" according to the report. CW-2013-000153-LBN Cold Wave,Lebanon: Storm Alexa pushed temperatures below freezing in northern Lebanon and some areas of the Bekaa Valley, which is dotted with informal refugee settlements. The winter weather heaped another layer of misery on the already grim existence of many of the estimated one million Syrians in Lebanon who have fled the civil war raging in their homeland. Many refugees are sheltered in flimsy tents with often only a plastic sheet covering the ground.