Heavy rains in the Beersheba area of the Negev have caused considerable damage to harvested crops, it was revealed today.
Beersheba has had 12 inches of rain since the first of the year, about 50 per cent more than normal. At Elath a rain storm accompanied by lightning and 45 mile per hour winds hit this weekend. Rains as late as this may have set a mark for the last century’s weather history.
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