CAIRO: Heavy rain has left parts of Egypt impassable after the deluge of water flooded streets and damaged property on Tuesday, and the poor weather conditions were expected to continue through the week.
The cold unstable windy conditions hit the north of the country, across Cairo, North Sinai and the upper Egyptian governorates, turning roads into rivers.
The current poor weather conditions follow warmer spells, but head of Egypt’s Meteorological Authority Ahmed Abdel-Aal told local papers the change in conditions was not unusual.
“This is natural change amid a transitional period in the spring season, which undergoes rapid and sharp changes in temperatures,” he said.
Of course, with such dramatic scenes, people have reacted in the only way they know how and captured the floods, leaky ceilings and downpours on their mobile phones and posted the imagery on social media.
Footage includes scenes of water pouring through the ceiling of a mall in Cairo’s Fifth Settlement area.
Other pictures from the same district showed parked cars almost completely submerged in the flood waters.
