A headline in a recentThe Times of Israel reads,
“Thirsty Sea of Galilee sinking toward lowest level ever recorded.”
The article by Melanie Lidman reports that…
Northern Israel is experiencing one of the worst droughts in 100 years, leaving the country’s water tables with a deficit of 2.5 billion cubic liters of water, compared to non-drought years, Water Authority spokesman Uri Schor announced on Monday.
Lidman says,
The Sea of Galilee is currently at 214.13 meters (703 feet) below sea level, or 1.10 meters (3.6 feet) below the lower red line.
She adds that the Sea of Galilee reached a similar level in 2001 and 2008. When I first studied Bible Geography back in 1953 we learned from popular Bible atlases that the Sea of Galilee was 596 feet below sea level.
This gauge at Tiberias measures the level of the Sea of Galilee. Photo by Ferrell…
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