Re: Extreme, Unusual Rain Aimed for Egypt
Flooding kills Bedouin in Sinai and washing away a brand new Hummer to the Egyptian border, Israeli air strikes and research than 1000 missing and cut down the desert road in Luxor
Monday, January 18, 2010 - 13:25
Resulted in flooding that witnessed Sinai yesterday and early Monday killed Bedouin in the middle and bulldozed hundreds of acres and the Israeli bulldozing of the Hummer to the Egyptian border and the loss of dozens of Bedouin and Israelis on the border as Israeli planes and other United Nations and the Egyptian planes to inspect the flood areas in search of survivors.
Moussa said Aldlh elders from the tribe Tarabin The flooding and unprecedented eruption led to a brand new Hummer and other things from the Israeli side to the Valley region Alozarq Sinai near the mark No. 36 International He said there are two people taken into account instead of camels and Mraziq Mraiyziq Abu Hamdan, from the valley Alozarq been recovered traumatized as there are dozens of missing persons
Security sources said that the extensive search aircraft in the areas of flooding in search of dozens missing and more than 1000 stuck in North, Central and South Sinai as floods cut off roads, power lines and water and washed away hundreds of huts and thousands of nomadic herds of camels, sheep and goats.
The sources said the flood reached the south of Rafah in the village of Albrt currently on its way to the riverbed town of El Arish and, if the connection would destroy the market and positions in the region, the sources added that in the event that continued to flood the same magnitude, thousands of nomads will need urgent relief and rescue operations of air and interventions at the highest level of central and south Sinai
Emergency room and was held in northern Sinai to pursue the matter of the moment by moment, with thousands expected to watch from the city of El Arish in the event of floods and access bridge to the riverbed valley.
With the rains and floods cut off the desert road, "Qeft - short," the north of Luxor, which led to obstruct the passage of tourist buses coming to the province of Luxor.
Major General Mahmoud Jawhar Qena, director of security had received a communication from Major-General Mohammed Badr FBI Director Qena benefit cut the desert road, "Qeft - short" at kilometer 55, the severity of the floods.
Agami, "said Tharwat Chairman of the Chamber travel Luxor the floods, which caused the block have affected tourist groups coming to the province of Luxor, Luxor, pointing out that a tourist bus to receive 500 a day.
The Agami has cut the road causing traffic jams in those buses, which led to the delayed arrival to Luxor, and tourism programs to change completely.
9 killed and injured in Aswan
At least with 3 people were killed, including tourists Inglese and 6 others injured, including two tourists Chinian by heavy rains which have been Aswan.
It was General Naji Al-Hoss Aswan, director of security had received notification from the Aswan Teaching Hospital, referring to the access Zakia Mr. Taha and Mary Shenouda Bokham unmoving bodies and injured two others by the collapse of a house north of Naga-Sheikh Aswan.
In the second incident, two tourists died Inglese named Luc de 4 people and wounded others, including two tourists in a coup Chinian sailboat on the Nile Alkopanjp front of the village north of Aswan.
The heavy rains have covered Aswan on Sunday that resulted in the collapse of 41 houses north of Aswan, and moved the Governor General to Mr. Mustafa houses collapsed and is necessary regardless of compensation and the provision of tents for homeowners, and assigned civil defense teams quickly recovered belongings of the victims under collapsed houses.
And civil defense forces faced great difficulties in access to low-besieged houses away from the water and storm water drains, which led to the call to the armed forces, and excavators, Ministry of Irrigation.
The floods also destroyed some 50 high-rise, high pressure, west and east of the Nile, which led to the interruption of electricity to the province of Aswan since Sunday evening and so far, also disrupted due to flooding of the Nile water laden with silt, which drifted from behind the mountain to the east of the Red Sea.
The Hisham Jamal National Party member in Aswan, that the magnitude of the disaster is very large and increasingly beset with time, pointing out that he has been postponed exams in nearly a dozen schools, and opened chapters to receive the bereaved families, which was also assembled in youth centers, and distribution of blankets and hot meals they . He pointed out that work is underway, an inventory of all affected, in preparation for the placement of apartments belonging to the counties in the regions of Mahmudiyah and friendship in Aswan.
Rear Admiral Mostafa El-Sayed, Aswan Governor it was decided to provide subsidies for citizens who have damaged their homes from flooding and want to rebuild in areas close to a total height of 300 compact and far from storm water drains.
And tried large number of people affected by saving some of their belongings, which floats on the surface of water, while others are trapped inside the sunken houses.
Calling on the people and citizens and civil society organizations, and government agencies in the governorates to the conduct of relief convoys to the bereaved families, including food, clothing, blankets, and medicines.
The floods, which surprised the people of Aswan on Sunday evening, took about half an hour just started Sintered Balraad winds and lightning, followed by a heavy rush of water from the mountains east of the Red Sea, resulting in injury to maintain a standstill, and the destruction of several houses in different areas, power outages, Work was stopped at airports, Aswan and Abu Simbel.
Closure of 3 ports of Suez
The Port Authority closed the port of oil and the port of Suez and the port of literary morning due to bad weather conditions and the authorities attributed the closure of ports on the three to bad weather and increasing wind speed and wave heights and the lack of vision.
Ports have been closed in order to avoid incidents between vessels or a collision with the port berths, where the waves reached a height to 4 meters and wind speeds reaching 30 km / hour.
It is worth noting that bad weather and poor visibility caused the recent crash in the Sevinin in the draft Port of Suez.
Experienced air traffic between airports in Sharm el-Sheikh and Cairo International Airport, confusion due to bad weather at the airport of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Where the departure was delayed flight of EgyptAir No. 22 flights to Sharm El-Sheikh for 8 hours, took off at a quarter past eight this morning, Monday, instead of taking off, scheduled for midnight, Sunday.
The bad weather caused the plane landed at the airport in English at Cairo International Airport, after arriving at dawn today, instead of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Brigadier Ehab Amir, director of operations at Cairo International Airport for the seventh day, that departure was delayed 3 aircraft from Sharm El Sheikh airport, bound for Cairo, adding that air traffic between airports in Cairo and Sharm el-Sheikh began in attendance since this morning.
The Prince Air traffic in Cairo International Airport seen regularly in the take-off flights and arrival.
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