By Eli Ashkenazi and Jackie Khoury
Haaretz Correspondents
The water level in Lake Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee) rose 17 centimeters over the past weekend due to heavy precipitation, the largest rise since the beginning of the winter.
The lake level is now 1.54 meters below the upper red line, which is set at 208.8 meters below sea level.
According to water commission representative Shuli Chen, rivers in northern Israel are running at their full capacities.
The flow of water in the Jordan River by Hapkak bridge was measured at 97 cubic meters per second. This rate of flow will raise the Kinneret's level by some five centimeters daily.
Nahal Hadera overran its banks on Sunday.
Due to flooding, the southern entrance to Baka al-Garbiyeh was passable only to front-wheel drive vehicles.
Some 70 centimeters of snow fell on Mount Hermon on Saturday night through Sunday morning. The ski basin remained closed to visitors on Sunday due to the inclement weather.
There is currently 90 centimeters of snow by the lower cable car and 1.2 meters in the area of the upper cable car.
Mount Hermon and Mount Bental were closed to visitors throughout the weekend but despite the warnings, a bus carrying 20 passengers got stuck at the entrance to the Hermon site. The passengers were evacuated by Israel Defense Forces troops to the nearby moshav of Neveh Ativ.
Monday's forecast is for a drop in temperatures with localized rain showers.
