Snow has fallen in the desert of Egypt

 Snow fell overnight in parts of Sharqia province in northeastern Egypt. The anomaly is reported by the local Egyptian media.

Roads and rooftops in settlements in Sharqia were reported to have been covered with a thin layer of wet snow for some time. Newspapers publish photos of the city's inhabitants. Almost all the streets and squares were covered with snow for a while, and the highways were covered with ice.

Cairo authorities imposed a state of emergency on the roads and public services of the city after recent heavy rains. By order of Governor Khaled Abdel Al Al, all employees of the housing and communal services system are at their places of work around the clock, constant coordination with the meteorological department has been established, and emergency teams are on duty. Many streets in Cairo are blocked due to the accumulation of water, tunnels are temporarily closed, and traffic on the Nile bridges is limited.

These actions were taken after a sharp drop in air temperature in the central and northern parts of Egypt and after the arrival of a powerful storm front from the Mediterranean coast. The temperature at night drops by at least 10 degrees, which is especially worrying in the absence of central heating in the vast majority of residential buildings both in Cairo and in cities in the Egyptian provinces. According to weather forecasts, the cool and rainy weather in the country will continue for a few more days.