Israeli police rescued six American tourists yesterday from flash floods in the usually parched Negev region south of the Dead Sea. A family of five named Levin was pulled to safety when their car was washed away by flood waters pouring down what had been a dry river bed only minutes before. Another American, identified as Richard Jenks, was rescued by helicopter and taken to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem after he was found exhaused at the water’s edge near Nahal Yeelim in the Sodom area.
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