The Israel Meteorological Service, a division of the Transportation and Road Safety Ministry, has issued multiple severe weather warnings for Friday night and Saturday, including alerts for flooding, flash floods, thunderstorms, and dangerous sea conditions.An orange warning for flooding is in effect until 10 p.m. Saturday in the Carmel region, along the northern, central, and southern coastal areas, and in the Judean Foothills.The service has also issued a yellow warning for flash floods in the northern Judean Desert and Dead Sea area, effective through 10 p.m. Saturday.A separate yellow warning for thunderstorms covers northern and central Israel, the Mediterranean Sea, and the northern Negev during the same period.Dangerous Mediterranean Sea conditions prompt orange warning as waves reach nearly two metersIn addition, an orange warning for dangerous swimming conditions in the Mediterranean Sea is in effect from 10 p.m. Friday until 10 p.m. Saturday.Sea conditions are expected to range from slight to moderate, with significant wave heights of 1.2 to 1.9 meters (approximately 4 to 6.2 feet), and waves expected to increase in height.
The Jerusalem Post sets out the Israel Meteorological Service's flood, flash flood, thunderstorm and sea warnings accurately and in detail. It never tells the reader that a warming climate is making heavy rainfall and flooding like this more frequent and more intense.
Leaves out the climate link
Serious
“has issued multiple severe weather warnings for Friday night and Saturday, including alerts for flooding, flash floods, thunderstorms, and dangerous sea conditions”
Why this matters
The words "multiple severe weather warnings" and "alerts for flooding, flash floods, thunderstorms" present an extreme rainfall and flood threat. The article then lists warning colours, regions and wave heights and never mentions climate or warming.
The impression it gives
A reader comes away thinking this weekend's heavy rain and flood risk is ordinary weather with no connection to a changing climate.
The context
Human-caused warming has made heavy rainfall more frequent and more intense. One short line saying so would give the reader that link, and the article has none.
How we know
On the recordThat warming has made hot extremes, heavy rainfall, agricultural and ecological drought, fire weather and intense tropical cyclones more frequent or more severe.ipcc.ch (opens in a new tab)
On the recordIt is unequivocal that human influence, chiefly the burning of fossil fuels, has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.ipcc.ch (opens in a new tab)
Checked against the whole articleIt never uses the words “climate” and “warming”.
The Israel Meteorological Service has issued orange and yellow warnings for flooding, flash floods and thunderstorms this weekend. Climate change is making heavy rainfall like this more frequent and more intense.