Lake Kinneret reaches dangerously low water levels as Israeli authorities decide to pump in water

 https://www.jpost.com/environment-and-climate-change/article-870841

Lake Kinneret's (the Sea of Galilee) water level was measured at 213.19 meters below sea level on Wednesday, one of its lowest points in years. 

Such a low level in mid-October is not unusual; in nine of the past 25 years, the Kinneret’s level on this date was even lower.

A few weeks ago, Fares Talhami, director of the Kinneret and Northern Water Sources Conservation Division at the Water Authority, told Walla that “indeed, in previous drought periods there were lower levels compared to this year, but what is exceptional this year is the intensity of the drought we experienced. We went through a winter with only 40% of the average rainfall in the North, so the Kinneret’s level rose last winter by just 15 centimeters.”