The Cabinet has asked Minister of Agriculture Moste Dayan to prepare a study of flood prevention following the heavy rains this weekend which inundated Saeh Nehemia and Amir settlements in northern Israel, it was reported today.
Truckloads of food, animal fodder and building materials were shipped to the stricken settlements yesterday morning after the waters abated and evacuated children were returned to their homes from nearby settlements.
The Cabinet is expected to consider the question of compensating the two settlements at its regular session next week after damage due to the flooding has been assessed. Preliminary estimates place the flood damage at many hundreds of thousands of pounds.
While northern Israel suffered from floods, farmers in the Lachish area and other southern districts were bitterly disappointed yesterday when predicted rains failed to materialize. Clouds dispersed and most of the region had bright sunshine. Rains were again predicted for later this week but the prospects of saving southern crops were not promising.
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