Storm hits Eastern Mediterranean Coast with heavy rain

A Palestinian Civil Defense worker transports people using a stand-up kayak along a flooded street in the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 9, 2013. A storm hit the eastern Mediterranean coast and heavy rains with flooding are forecast in Israel and the Palestinian territories for the next couple of days, with a good chance of snow falling in the higher elevations. UPI/Ismael Mohamad