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Snow-stranded automobiles in the Israeli settlement of Har Adar, December 2013. The 2013 Middle East cold snap, also referred to as Alexa, [2] refers to the winter storm that hit the Middle East region in December 2013, affecting Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, and Egypt.
Satellite image of the 2013 Middle East cold snap Snow in Israel is uncommon, but it occurs in higher elevations; including the northern part of the country and in Jerusalem District . In January and February 1950, Jerusalem experienced the largest snowfall registered since the beginning of meteorological measurements in 1870.
A foot of snow (30 cm) fell at Safed in northern Israel. Lake Kinneret was refilling after years of drought. Much snow fell across Syria; −6 °C (21 °F) was reported in the east suburbs of Damascus and forced camping people made homeless by the Syrian civil war to desperate measures to find shelter, and caused 17 or more deaths in the Middle ...
2013 Middle East cold snap. The storm spreads to Egypt with some Cairo suburbs seeing snowfall. Local news reports claimed it was the capital's first snowfall in 112 years. Night temperatures are expected to drop as low as 2°C / 36°F. (The Daily Star) (Huffington Post) Typhoon Haiyan
Snow began to fall around the Northeast on Friday at the start of what's predicted to be a massive, possibly historic blizzard, and residents scurried to stock up on food and supplies ahead of the ...
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Israel, along with the occupied territories and other areas of the Middle East, sees days of heavy snowfall and rain. The storm causes widespread traffic disruptions and power outages, and forcing the temporary closure of several highways, schools, and Ben-Gurion International Airport .
In the nation's capital city, the trace amount of accumulation in Washington, D.C., is a far cry from the foot of snow that fell there through the middle of January in 2022.