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Egypt’s capital, Cairo has been blanketed in snow for the first time in a long time (112 years to be estimated) on Friday morning. The exact time of when the snow appear is unclear, but the residents all around the area have been taking pictures and uploading them to social networking sites and tweeting pictures as well.
Ali Abdelazim, an official at Egypt’s meteorological center has made a statement after seeing the snowfall in the suburbs of Cairo, “It is the first time in very many years,” he said.
The rare snowfall which has not only blanketed Cairo, but Egypt’s Port of Alexandria and Jerusalem as well, which was actual the doings of the storm Alexa which has also pounded Lebanon and parts of Northern Syria since Wednesday. Because of the storm, temperatures have fallen below zero resulting in snow, sleet, and heavy rain.
Although some residents were amazed to witness the rare sight, the snow wasn’t able to bring happiness to everyone as the weather delayed and airlift of food and aid from Iraq to displaced families in Syria for a second day which the people needed desperately, according to the United Nations food agency. Also, at the Gaza Strip, 500 people had to be evacuated from their homes as the region wasn’t used to the snow as they received their first snow in a decade.
Below are pictures of the snowfall






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