Sea of Galilee at Lowest Level Ever
The Sea of Galilee, where Christians believe Jesus walked on the water, has dipped to the lowest level ever recorded, according to an Israeli water official.
“For about 100 years, we have known the level of the Sea of Galilee, and there was never a year as low as 1990,” Zvi Ortenberg, chairman of the Sea of Galilee authority, said.
At the end of the rainy season in April, the lake stood at a record low of 700 feet below sea level.
The lake provides one-third of Israel’s fresh water and its level is bound to fall farther in the next few hot months, Ortenberg said. The rainy season begins in October.
The Christian gospels tell of Jesus walking on the sea to comfort and save disciples aboard a foundering ship in a storm. The Sea of Galilee is also known as Lake Tiberias or Kinneret.
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