This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at http://ift.tt/jcXqJW.
Monday 26 Oct 2015 - 14:09 Makkah mean time-13-1-1437
(Main image from AP, Album from Egypt Daily News)
Alexandria, (IINA) - Torrential rains lashed Egypt’s Mediterranean city of Alexandria on Sunday, killing five citizens, including two children and the captain of a ship who was trapped in his car by floodwaters, Al-Arabiya reported citing officials.
According to the Ministry of Health statement, a man and two children were electrocuted to death when a cable from a tramway fell into a street flooded with water
In addition, the captain of a ship drowned as he was unable to get out of his car which was filled with floodwaters. A 25-year-old man was also electrocuted after he fell into a pit full of electric cables.
An AFP photographer said the downpour began in the early morning and quickly flooded several streets in Egypt’s second city as well as the Corniche.
Temperatures dropped sharply on Sunday across several governorates in Egypt, including Cairo, also bringing massive rains and powerful winds.
AG/IINA
|
No comments:
Post a Comment