Users took to social media to post footage showing cars completely submerged and people floating down the streets on rafts.
#VIDEO of the floods #Ashkelon #Israel pic.twitter.com/M3VYKuwI30โ Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) November 9, 2015
Police closed Ben Yehuda street in the coastal city after it collapsed, according to the Jerusalem Post.
No injuries have been reported.
ืืื ืฆืื ืืืฉืงืืื. ืืฉืืคืื ืืช ืืืจืื ืืขืืจ ืืืืฆืื ืืช ืืชืืฉืืื ืืืชื ืืื ืืืจืืื ืืฆืืจืชืืืช. pic.twitter.com/HBqqGwYDRq โ ืืฉืจืื ืืื (@Israelcohen911) November 9, 2015
Ashkelon received more than a centimeter of rain in just one hour - between 9am and 10am Monday morning, according to the Israel Meteorological Service.
#Israel: Floods in the southern city of #Ashkelon (PICTURES: Medabrim Tikshoret) pic.twitter.com/uwTkrDvqDk โ Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) November 9, 2015
The extreme flooding comes just days after heavy rains hit Jordan's capital, Amman, killing four people and leaving hundreds stranded as cars were submerged.
Could not happen to nicer people.
Maybe when Israel is as bombed out and destroyed as Gaza they will
find their hearts and minds again.