Egypt's rains cause paralysis... deaths, drowning of residential neighborhoods, and confusion in air traffic

Written By سنان خلف on 2019/10/23

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - Egypt's rains , is the most prominent event that has become the talk of the hour on social media, heavy thunderstorms and residential neighborhoods submerged in water, disruption of studies, and the death of a girl who was electrocuted, flooding of roads and suffocating traffic crises, not only that Air traffic was disrupted and some major buildings at Cairo Airport sank!

The death of a girl electrocuted in the rains in Egypt

In a tragic scene, "We apologize for moving him," a resident of the 10th of Ramadan City, Sharkia Governorate, documented the moment a bulldozer pulled out the body of a little girl who died of electrocution while returning from school, after touching it from a lamppost on the side of the road.

The Director of Eastern Security, Major General Atef Mahran, had received a report stating the death of a 9-year-old girl, in the 14th district of the Tenth City, after she was electrocuted while returning from school. The columns were caused by the accumulated rainwater in the streets, which led to the immediate death of the child.

Egypt's rains cause suffocating traffic jams on Cairo's roads

Heavy thunderstorms caused a state of traffic paralysis on Cairo's roads, and the water level rose remarkably on the main and secondary roads, and hundreds of vehicles broke down, causing an almost complete stop to traffic on many roads.

The Prime Minister decides to suspend the study because of the rains in Egypt

And due to weather fluctuations, Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister, decided to suspend studies today, in the governorates of Cairo, Giza and Qalyubia, in all schools and universities, based on reports received by the Prime Minister from the Meteorological Authority regarding the possibility of heavy rains on Wednesday in some areas. In Greater Cairo, more than what happened yesterday.

Egypt's rains impede air traffic

In the same context, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a statement, "Due to the bad weather conditions and heavy rain," it was decided to exempt customers traveling on its flights (EgyptAir) on Tuesday evening, which witnessed a delay, from any fines or differences in changing reservation dates. Passengers are unable to catch their flights due to the disruption of the roads leading to the airport.

In turn, the Cairo Air Port Company decided to close the arrival hall for domestic flights, "due to the accumulation of heavy rain water inside the terminal, and the terminal's drop from the ground by several meters," according to local media.

Egypt | Due to the prevailing weather conditions, schools will be closed on Wednesday and some flights will be delayed at Cairo International Airport

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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