BBC Weather reported that Cairo’s temperature reached 47 degrees Celsius on Sunday
Ahram Online , Monday 16 May 2016
Egypt's soaring heat wave is set to break and will drop 10 degrees Celsius on Tuesday to 34, Egypt's meteorological authority said on Monday.
The authority’s spokesperson, Waheed Seoudi, said in a TV interview on Monday that the weather is set to improve with a Tuesday temperature of 34 degrees Celsius, referring to it as the "normal" temperature at this time of the year. The low in the capital would be 23 degrees.
The coastal city of Alexandria will see largely cooler weather, with a high of 26 degrees and a low of 20 degrees.
Temperatures in Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh, two of the most popular Red Sea beach resorts, will record highs of 43 and 40 respectively and lows of 24-28 C.
Tuesday's weather will result in moderate conditions for navigation in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea with an average wave height respectively of 2-2.5m-1.5-2 m.
Egypt has been hit with a four day heat wave that started on Saturday, with temperatures hitting highs of 43 degrees in Cairo and 40 degrees on the north coast.
BBC Weather reported that Sunday’s weather reached a striking 47 Celsius, only one degree below the highest temperature ever recorded in the capital.
On Sunday, Egypt's metro authority said greater Cairo’s metro system lowered its speeds in a move that aimed to avoid added friction on the tracks that could cause derailment.
The Meteorological Authority has repeatedly advised citizens to stay out of direct sunlight for long periods of time between noon and evening and to stay hydrated.
A shark attacked an Egyptian man swimming "six kilometers offshore" in the Red Sea city of Ain Sokhna on Saturday, Suez governor Ahmed Helmi El-Hiatmi said.
The 23-year-old victim was transferred to Suez public hospital and had his leg amputated, state news agency MENA said. He is currently receiving treatment in the intensive care unit of the hospital.
"Sharks live in the Red Sea and it's normal to see them there, but the victim was swimming 6km from the beach, which makes it possible to encounter a shark," El-Hiatmi told Ahram Online.
"What may raise concerns, if we found a shark within 500 meters from the beach, where most of the locals and tourists swim," El-Haiatmi said, adding that he commissioned an environmental committee to investigate the incident.
Shark attacks in the Red Sea resort are exceedingly rare; the last recorded sighting of sharks in Ain Sokhna occurred in 2012 when eyewitnesses saw three sharks in the area. No casualties were reported at the time.
Ain Sokhna is a popular resort town lying on the western shore of the Red Sea's Gulf of Suez, about 120 kilometres east of Cairo.
Last year, a shark killed a 52-year-old German tourist in the Red Sea governorate in the first fatal shark attack in Egypt since a string of maulings in 2010 that killed a German woman and wounded three Russian tourists in another Red Sea resort near Sharm El-Sheikh.
Following the 2010 incident, local diving experts said single shark attacks were very rare in the area and were puzzled as to why so many people were attacked in such quick succession.
An Egyptian cabinet decision issued on Sunday has made Thursday a public holiday to commemorate the 30 June mass protests which led to the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013, with all museums to admit locals and foreigners free of charge for the day.
The decision, made by Egypt Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, stipulates that Thursday 30 June will be a paid day off for many governmental employees, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported.
However, the day off is not applicable for schools and universities, where students are currently taking exams.
On 30 June 2013, millions of citizens hit the streets to protest the rule of Morsi, who was elected one year earlier. Morsi was removed from office on 3 July before facing trial on various charges and has been incarcerated ever since.
The cabinet decision came on the heels of a legal amendment initially approved by parliament to scrap the time change system
Ahram Online , Monday 4 Jul 2016
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The cabinet decision came on the heels of a legal amendment initially approved by parliament to scrap the time change system
Ahram Online , Monday 4 Jul 2016
