Rare ‘Snowfall’ in Egypt’s Alexandria

After Alexandria announced school suspension and port closures on Sunday and
Monday due to unstable weather conditions, the Egyptian governorate witnessed
rare snowfall on several parts of the city on Monday 20 December.

Major General Mohamed Al Sharif, Governor of Alexandria, announced raising the
degree of preparedness and emergency in the city.

NOW - Egypt: Coastal city of Alexandria witnessed its first, very rare snowfall in almost a decade.pic.twitter.com/0NHK2VyzzA

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Residents claimed this is the first snowfall in the city in over a decade, and
flooded social media with pictures and videos of the snow-covered city as they
excitedly shared their experience witnessing this “European” weather.

The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) predicted that most parts of Egypt
will see very cold weather on Monday.

With information from egyptianstreets.com