Intense cold accompanied by wind gusts of up to 108 km / h , has killed a man hypothermia | Israel and Palestine , isolated for a second day .
Barcelona. ( Agencies ) – . Typical pictures that come to mind when thinking of Egypt are , among others, the pyramids and the desert heat. Today, however , Cairo has dawned with an unusual , surprising and disturbing image . The capital of Egypt has awakened snow cover, a situation not seen since 122 years ago .
Early in the morning, the capital thermometers have reached temperatures of 3 degrees, according to Itar -Tass , values not seen for decades. Snow also has come to the desert , leaving unpublished images.
Strong gusts of icy wind , which comes to 108 miles per hour, have forced many cities , such as Alexandria , to raise the alert level . Due to the intense cold that stalks the land , a person has died of hypothermia in Cairo.
High winds have knocked down dozens of billboards and has trees party . Torr
ential rains also channels overflowed river bank .
Jerusalem and Ramallah , isolated for a second day
Dozens of Israeli and Palestinian town , including Jerusalem and Ramallah , are now isolated , for the second consecutive day due to the snow storm plaguing the Middle East since last Wednesday .The situation in the central mountain range that crosses Israel and the West Bank from north to south is complete isolation and dozens of towns and cities take more than 36 hours in complete isolation .
Israeli Emergency management reported today that more than 25 roads are cut off by the snow , in the highest points exceeds 70 inches.
Among them are the Number 1 highway connecting Tel Aviv with Jerusalem , and 443, where on Thursday there are also numerous abandoned vehicles obstructing traffic.
Emergency services and the army rescued from both roads over 1,500 people who were trapped by the storm on Thursday and Friday.
Yesterday , the Palestinian Authority (PA ) and the Israeli army established a joint command center to assist Palestinians and settlers .
Power cuts are also continuous in both territories. In Israel, some 40,000 families are without power since yesterday , especially in places where the time is being harder and the wind has lying communications and electricity poles .
In the West Bank intermittent outages affecting 60 percent of all Palestinian territory , agency Maan reported .
In Fabric Aviv , even without snow , police last night for an hour cut the main highway of the city due to flooding of the Ayalon River.
The emergency situation has encouraged the unusual decision of the Israeli government to allow the service to operate trains in the day ” Sabbath ” day of rest in Judaism, to evacuate families were trapped in Jerusalem.
Two trains will depart today to the city of Haifa, in a special line with stops at all locations.On the other hand, in the impoverished Gaza continues the emergency by the effect of cold and floods , which have inundated vast areas especially in the refugee camps .The storm has caused fifty wounded, while thousands of people have fled their homes seeking refuge in schools and centers of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA ) .Forecasters say after the past 48 hours, particularly hard , the time will begin to subside tonight, though the cold wave will continue until at least Monday.
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