Rain and storms beat down on central Israel as snow covered the north and a snow storm raged on Mt. Hermon, Israel's northernmost tip Thursday.
Video: Avihu Shapira
(צילום: אביהו שפירא, אילן הדר ודוברות עיריית צפת)
Snow covered the hill and mountain tops of the Galilee region and northern Golan, forcing the police to block dangerous roads.
Meanwhile, the massive wave of dust that has covered Israel for the past two days began to disperse, but visibility was still limited in the south, as sand storms continued in the Negev.
Following a short bout of spring weather, Israel has seen winter return with a haze of dust which has blanketed the region, followed by massive winds and rain.
The weather has already taken its toll, leading to a number of road accidents, one early Thursday morning when a car traveling near the Golani Junction slid and crashed into the metal barrier.
Snow began to pile up in the upper Galilee and the northern Golan Heights on Wednesday afternoon, after heavy haze had over swept the country. Roads closed in the north as snow began to reach a couple centimeters high.
The Hermon Ski Resort was shut down Wednesday as a snow storm overtook the site. Meanwhile, snowfall also reached the mystic city of Safed but did not begin to stick to the ground.
In the rest of the country, winter weather was also at its height with rain coming down from the border with the northern region of Israel up until the southern city of Be'er Sheva.
Snow hit mountains 1,000 meters above sea level in the northern Golan Heights and in the Merom Golan Kibbutz in the Golan Heights schools were shut down and children were sent back home.