The Sea of Galilee is full, but virus rules mean nobody is there to see it Lake is at its highest level in 2 decades: islands that appeared in recent years have vanished, and vegetation along ...

JERUSALEM — After an especially rainy winter, the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel is at its highest level in two decades, but the beaches and major Christian sites along its banks are empty.

Sea of Galilee hits highest water level since 2004; dam opening mulled Israel’s main source of freshwater swells to just 47.5 centimeters from upper red line, where it could overflow; level ...

On the shimmering Sea of Galilee, where the Christian gospels say Jesus walked on water, 150 Nigerian pilgrim sing and dance to an African beat. ... It is now at its lowest in five years.

Climate change has tightened its grip on the Sea of Galilee, leading to lower water levels in Israel's largest freshwater lake. Israelis are trying to replenish the water loss through various ...

Older now, I have graduated ... While rounding a turn, I let my eyes drift past the road and suddenly saw the Sea of Galilee, seven miles wide, 13 miles long and almost 700 feet below sea level.

(JTA) — Israeli authorities ramped up efforts to find three people who went missing while rafting on the Sea of Galilee. Itamar Ohana, 19, Nahman Itah, 21, and a third unnamed 17-year-old went ...

People swim in the Sea of Galilee, among other places. On my first trip to Israel several years ago, I got heatstroke on a walk through the Golan. ... Now that would be a story.

When Republicans visited the Sea of Galilee The Sea of Galilee in Israel, seen here without naked Republican politicians. maddavethorp/Flickr Aug. 20, 2012, 11:15 AM EDT ...

The Sea of Galilee is also where the bible says Jesus walked on water. TODAY. ... the caves of Qumran is the spot where the first parchments of what are now known as the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.

A 1,400-year-old Christian church unearthed near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel may be the legendary "Church of the Apostles" built above the traditional home of Peter and Andrew, two early ...

The Jesus Trail was laid out five years ago as a chain of paths and dirt roads that wander some 40 miles from Nazareth down to Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee. In 2012, I hiked it with my college ...