Schools are closed due to bad weather.
In six provinces of Egypt, due to bad weather three persons. Snow was accompanied by torrential rain that lasted several hours.
This was reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the official representative of the Egyptian Ministry of Health Husam Abdel Ghaffar.
Authorities declared a state of emergency, school canceled.
Hurghada Today #egyptscoop #snow #hurghada # الغردقة pic.twitter .com/IhvyXi3iWi
– Egypt Scoop (@Egypt_Scoop) January 1, 2022
One of the dead – a man from Kafr al-Sheikh province, he touched wet wires, as a result of which he was electrocuted … Another person died in an accident on a slippery road. The third victim was pulled out from under the rubble of a two-story house that collapsed after the rain in Alexandria.
Egyptian Hurghada was attacked overnight and rag #storm #hurricane #hail #hailstorm #granizo #granizada pic.twitter.com/Ju2nGBrBHe
– Aleksander Onishchuk (@ Brave_spirit81) January 1, 2022
Recall, on the first day In 2022, snow and hail fell in the popular Egyptian resort of Hurghada, located on the Red Sea. Melting snow and a large amount of water on the streets of the city made traffic difficult. And journalist Osman Pashayev said that in one of the hotels in Sharm el-Sheikh, the balconies of all rooms were flooded in an hour.