Extreme Weather's video: Wildfire Israel 24 11 2016

SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/ExtremeWeather Follow Extreme Weather on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExtremeWeatherChannel About 80,000 people have been told to evacuate their homes as wildfires swept into Israel's third largest city of Haifa. The fires follow a two-month drought and are being fanned by strong winds in the north of the city. Wildfires are also threatening homes near Jerusalem and in the West Bank. Israel's police chief said arson was suspected in some cases and PM Benjamin Netanyahu said any such attacks would amount to "terror". "Every fire that was the result of arson or incitement to arson is terror in every way and we'll treat it as such," he was quoted by Haaretz newspaper as saying. "Anyone who tries to burn parts of the state of Israel will be severely punished." Police chief Roni Alsheich said that if fires had been started deliberately it was "safe to assume... it is politically-motivated''. Meanwhile, hundreds of military reservists have been called up to help battle the three-day outbreak of fires. In Haifa, the city council said several neighbourhoods will be without electricity overnight. People loaded up supermarket trolleys with belongings, while schools, kindergartens, universities and an old people's hospital were evacuated. More than 130 people have been taken to hospital with minor injuries, mainly from smoke inhalation, but most were later discharged, Haaretz reported. Two prisons near Haifa have also been evacuated. Further south, Highway 443 - which links Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, crossing through the West Bank - was closed to morning traffic on Thursday as another blaze reached the city of Modi'in. Homes and cars were damaged, and 300 students were evacuated from a school in Talmon, an Israel settlement in the occupied West Bank, police said. Firefighters have been battling fires in several locations since Tuesday and forecasters are warning that the dry conditions and strong winds are likely to continue until early next week. Several countries - including Cyprus, Russia, Italy, Croatia and Greece - have sent help and equipment, including aircraft, to help tackle the blazes. Mr Netanyahu said officials were also contacting the US company which operates a huge firefighting plane known as the "Supertanker". In 2010, 42 people died in a fire on Mount Carmel, just south of Haifa. Dark City by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/