Israel Denver Deluged with Rain

Both the United Nations and the Lebanese government have confirmed that Hezbollah had set up two tents within the Israeli border.

Israel filed a complaint with the United Nations in June saying that Hezbollah had set up tents several dozen yards inside of Israeli territory.

The Mount Dov area where the tents were erected, also known as Shebaa Farms, was captured by Israel from Syria during the 1967 Six Day War and later effectively annexed along with the Golan Heights in 1981. The Lebanese government says the area belongs to Lebanon.

Hebrew media reported Sunday that Hezbollah evacuated one of the two tents, but there has been no confirmation from the Iran-backed terror organization.

The head of the UN peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL, Maj. Gen. Aroldo Lázaro, “continues to be in direct contact with authorities on both sides of the Blue Line to resolve the situation of the tents,” UNIFIL said in a statement. The border demarcated after Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000 is known as the Blue Line.

UNIFIL added: “We are looking into reports that a tent has been moved north of the Blue Line.” UNIFIL added that any unauthorized presence or activity “near the Blue Line is a concern, and has the potential to increase tension and misunderstandings.”

The head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc Mohammed Raad claimed Saturday that the tents are in Lebanon. He added, referring to Israel, “You cannot remove two tents because there is resistance and strong men in this country.”

Israel and Hezbollah fought to a draw in a month-long war in Lebanon in 2006. Last week, Hezbollah said it shot down an Israeli drone flying over a village in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah has in the past claimed downing Israeli drones, and Israel’s military also has said in the past that they have shot down Hezbollah drones.

Israel considers Hezbollah its most serious immediate threat, estimating it has some 150,000 rockets and missiles aimed at Israel.

If you thought it was rainy in New York, you don’t live in Denver. The Colorado city just experienced the rainiest June in the last 150 years, according to the National Weather Service at Boulder.

The Mile High City received a whopping 6.10 inches of rain and broke a 140-year-old record for June rainfall. That was set in June 1882, when the city received 4.96 inches of rain in June, the weather service said. The agency started keeping records in 1872.

Usually, average June rainfall tops out at about 1.94 inches.

Additionally, the total rain in May and June this year — 11.63 inches of rain — was the rainiest the city has ever been in those two months, going back to the start of the weather service’s record keeping in 1872.

Generally, the city is rainy in May and not in June.

More rain is predicted along with cooler weather before the summer season kicks in.

Denver’s most rainy month ever was May 1876, when the city received 8.57 inches of rain.