Snow in Cairo Egypt A Rare Occurence (PHOTOS)
A snow in Cairo is a rare event in Egypt’s capital. Snow blanketed the city on Friday in an exceptionally unusual weather phenomenon.
Ali Abdelazim, an official at the city’s meteorological centre, confirmed to the Agence France-Presse this is the “first time in very many years” that snow has fallen in the Cairo area.
Here are photos posted on Twitter:
Snow in Cairo "@MihooSalem: D: pic.twitter.com/8InVnAnRAh"
— eN Khed (@engebe11) December 13, 2013
Picture of the day: a camel in the snow in Egypt. It's like a polar bear in the desert. pic.twitter.com/98eMG2zTRc pic by @belharesya:
— Koert Debeuf (@koertdebeuf) December 13, 2013
Cairo sees first snow in years as cold snap hits #Egypt http://t.co/3TiVF9uYqv pic.twitter.com/3zPsGGf1vf
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) December 13, 2013
Snowpeople cuteness in New Cairo, Egypt! #FirstSnow pic.twitter.com/J97hkCjnH6
— Pakinam and Voice (@pakinamamer) December 13, 2013