A severe winter storm which hit the Middle East recently has blanketed much of the desert in snow. The storm, referred to as Alexa, which began on December 11, has resulted in significant snowfall in areas of Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Syria and the Palestinian territories. What's even more interesting is how cities like Cairo, which hadn't witnessed snow in the last 112 years, weren't prepared to deal with the problem which the storm brought.
Kian Chua took to Twitter to express his amazement. "Snow in Vietnam and Egypt. Creepy phenomena. I dont wanna imagine the freaky things that are yet to come our way," he had tweeted. One Cairo resident tweeted, "camel in the snow in Egypt. It's like a polar bear in the desert." Read on to know what people tweeted...
Woah! Snowfall in #Egypt after 112 years… amazed and shocked at the same time! pic.twitter.com/LKoBr3aCie— Arya Padte (@arya_padte) December 15, 2013
Snowfall in St. Catherine, #Sinai, #Egypt pic by @RanyaKhalifa pic.twitter.com/YmXi8ycNF0
— Raza Rumi (@Razarumi) December 14, 2013
I don’t usually tweet about the weather, but #Egypt just had its 1st snowfall in over a century. http://t.co/ZIvz7CVklI— A.T. Kingsmith (@akingsmith) December 13, 2013
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SNOWFALL IN CAIRO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 112 YEARS pic.twitter.com/YkPyPR7qjm (via @amrelgabry) #Egypt— Gregor Peter (@L0gg0l) December 13, 2013
at the time of snowfall, the temperature was 3 ° C. #Cairo #Egypt #snow pic.twitter.com/uZo73fiTAY— METEO ITALIA (@RADIORMT) December 13, 2013
It’s official, Cairo’s first snow midgets:D pic.twitter.com/nDGIrYGqO3— Hanyragy (@Hragy) December 13, 2013
Obviously, there is more snow in #Cairo than in Zurich (via @AMaheer). #Egypt pic.twitter.com/u3ZJSab1vE— Simon Haering (@_shaering) December 13, 2013
Egypt’s first Snowman #SnowInCairo pic.twitter.com/Vuftp4rV3c— Ahmed Maher (@AMaheer) December 13, 2013
U Might want to favorite this…RT @EgyptianStreets: PHOTO: Snow in New #Cairo like never before #Egypt (via @i3atef) pic.twitter.com/e92XVNfsxT— Mari Ramos (@MariRamosCNN) December 13, 2013
Something that hasn’t happened in 112 years.. Snow in #Cairo!!! ❄⛄ pic.twitter.com/hWjKbvpsZQ— Farida Ismail (@FaridaYAI) December 13, 2013
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