The Meteorological Service reported that heavy rain began falling in recent minutes in the Eilat Mountains and southern Negev, and in the coming hours there is severe flood danger in the Negev streams, the Arava and the Dead Sea. In the evening hours, rain will also reach the center of the country, and it will be local and occasionally heavy. Simultaneously, the Service reported a 'yellow warning' for thunderstorms and lightning in the north and northern sea until 2:00 PM, and for thunderstorms and lightning in the southern Negev, the Eilat Mountains, the Gulf of Eilat and southern Arava until the same hour.