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Dear fans of Egypt!!! Who knows what's really going on with the weather?? Such an unpredictable tragedy, I'm in shock ...
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аватар Phansoft
What are you speaking about? What tragedy?
аватар morozova1971
The borders with Egypt and Jordan were closed due to flooding and heavy rains. According to the radio station "Kol Israel", as a result of the flood, a bridge collapsed near the border crossing on the Israeli-Egyptian border.
In Egypt, next door to Israel, heavy rains have killed at least 7 people, including a British tourist. The tourist, along with three companions, rode a yacht on the Nile, despite extremely bad weather conditions. Due to strong winds and heavy rain, the ship capsized.
A British citizen died, the rest of the tourists, including the wife of the deceased, were rescued by local security forces. It is noted that the tourist was resting in the company of citizens of Canada and India.
In southern Egypt, heavy rains and floods washed away dozens of brick houses. As a result of the collapse of houses, 2 women died. In Sharm el-Sheikh, 1 woman died, 14 people were missing.
Water flooded the main roads leading to the city. The rain caused a partial collapse of the roof of Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport.
A 24-year-old woman drowned near a main road in Hurghada. More than 100 houses were destroyed in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, dozens of houses were destroyed in R
аватар morozova1971
Parts of the Sinai Peninsula, including Taba, Nuweiba and Sharm el-Sheikh, experienced rolling blackouts. The tourists spent the night by candlelight.
аватар morozova1971
Flooding in Egypt and Jordan: Dozens injured, airport building collapsed
Photo: Wikipedia, Coren. In the photo: illustration

Heavy rains that have taken place in the last day in the Negev and the Sinai Peninsula have caused great damage to the civilian infrastructure of Egypt and Jordan.
On the territory of Sinai, one woman died, more than 20 people were injured of varying severity as a result of floods and mud flows.
In recent hours, heavy rains have caused flooding in the Egyptian capital Cairo. The atmospheric cyclone, which brought intense precipitation, is considered the largest in the last 16 years. In the resort centers on the Red Sea, electricity was cut off. In Shaarem, Nueiba and Taba, tourists had to spend the night in hotels without heating. In addition, due to strong winds in Sharem, there was a partial collapse of the roof of the local airport building.
In Jordan, a warning was issued about a complete ban on entry into the territory of the flooded ports of Alkaan and Efal. 27 flood victims were taken to local hospitals.
According to forecasters, rain and gusty winds will not weaken in the coming days.
аватар morozova1971
The strongest downpour, which caused a powerful flood in the Sinai, paralyzed traffic on the main highways in the area of ​​​​the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, as well as Taba, Nuweiba, Dahab and other cities of the western Red Sea coast.
Sharm el-Sheikh airport was partially affected by the flood. Due to bad weather, five seaports are closed. According to the rescue services, power outages were observed in many resort hotels. Mudflows destroyed about 45 residential buildings in the south of Sinai and in the Aswan region.
According to RIA Novosti, a group of Russian tourists was blocked in the center of the Sinai Peninsula, returning by bus on Sunday evening to Sharm el-Sheikh from an excursion from Cairo. This was reported on Monday at the Russian consulate in Cairo. In total, dozens of buses with citizens of different countries were blocked in the area of ​​the city of Ras Sudr.
The number of Russians returning from the excursion is unknown.
аватар morozova1971
Here .... and much more ... Cynical, of course, but interesting, on the price of vouchers this will affect in which direction? Do not scold me, please, for this mercantile interest .. I was just going to fly in the near future ..
аватар Phansoft
Horror!
аватар musia1812
Hello everyone, I also watched the news yesterday, just in shock. like morozova1971, they were going to fly in the near future, now we are afraid ...
аватар nadin65
I am also at a loss from what happened, but they quickly put things in order, and of course it is better to wait.
I read the article -
Flooding in Egyptian resorts, the first details
аватар genieko
Due to possible flight cancellations and the inability to receive tourists by hotels, as well as the refusal of the tourists themselves to fly to Egypt, a reduction in cost is possible.
аватар papa74
CELLULAR NETWORKS ARE NOT RESTORED (TEZtour website)
аватар Tet.A_sv
As in Ukraine, presidential elections, so somewhere a natural disaster!!!
Last time Thailand, this Egypt...
аватар Pachok
morozova1971, as practice shows, during such cataclysms, the Russian-Ukrainian light goes off "now it should get cheaper", and everyone runs to buy tickets. So, if it gets cheaper, it's not for us.
аватар Simauma
So fly to Hurghada! there are no devastating consequences. But of course, it is unlikely that you will be able to get out on an excursion. Just enjoy the sea! And Sharm and the rest of the resorts will have to wait.
In Egypt, rains like this happen once every 10-15 years. In Hurghada, the asphalt lies right on the sand, and the sand was washed away in one fell swoop. Therefore, in the old city in Hurghada, the water was knee-deep. Well, plus the lack of stormwater and other things. Nothing more terrible happened in Hurghada :)
аватар morozova1971
Well, "to fly in the near future" - I'm so, exaggerated, it seems cold to me before March ... I think they will restore everything within a month .. although who knows ..
аватар nadin65
That's just near Hurghada - El Gouna suffered the most. In Sharm, the airport was damaged, but it will be restored quickly, because all their income is from tourists ... and they are interested in a quick recovery. Remember a few years ago the explosions of hotels one after another - and they began to work after a few days.
No need to panic, everything will be fine!
аватар Simauma
El Gouna, yes, it flooded, but Hurghada remained untouched :) it’s 20 km to El Gouna because somewhere and even there the resort has its own specifics, that’s why it happened.
I agree with nadin65, everything will be restored quickly, they themselves are interested in this!
morozova1971, so be sure to swim in the Red Sea in March :)
аватар sofochka
genieko Due to possible flight cancellations and the inability to receive tourists by hotels, as well as the refusal of tourists themselves to fly to Egypt, a reduction in cost is possible.
- Interestingly, and the cost of what in this case will be reduced? On canceled flights and hotels that won't accept tourists?...
аватар genieko
Simply put, operators will need to fill aircraft for which seat quotas have already been taken. So it was in early November, when Pegasus filled planes and gave away hotels almost at cost.
аватар HotLine
man posted today from Sharm
http://www.turpravda.com/question-8568.html
аватар sofochka
If, as you write, flights are canceled, then there is nothing to fill out. In November, there were no hurricanes, no people died and no roofs fell off! ...
аватар miki08
The impact of the elements rendered the roads unusable and paralyzed the work of the Sharm el-Sheikh airport for several days. Because of the water, traffic was closed on the main highways in the Sharm el-Sheikh region, as well as Taba, Nuweiba, Dahab and other cities on the Red Sea coast.
Hurghada also suffered, where many residential buildings were flooded. To date, road communication with Hurghada has already been restored.
According to the rescue services, power outages were observed in many resort hotels. The elements partially destroyed the roof of the Sharm el-Sheikh airport, floods of water flooded the runways. As a result, the airport administration decided to postpone a number of flights for a day, including those to Moscow.
Today, January 19, the authorities announced that the situation in the flood-affected areas is under control, the work of airports is fully normalized.
The floods have killed at least 12 people, including one British tourist, authorities said. Dozens of people are listed as missing.
According to weather forecasts, the rains in the Sinai in the coming days may resume. Uncomfortable weather conditions will continue until the end of this week, after which special
аватар miki08
According to this information, cock all for and all against.
аватар Anetka-gan
the airport was already receiving planes at night. Cellular communication in Sharm last night also already appeared. just like electricity. Sharm-Cairo road blocked. hotels are flooded. naama all in water
аватар miki08
The worst thing in this situation is that there is no sewage system in the resorts of Egypt as such. All the waste was collected in septic tanks, and then taken out to the desert, and since everything was flooded, it means that everything that was not clean was washed away into the sea. Knowing from my native Odessa, after such cataclysms, you should not swim in the sea for at least a month.
аватар Anetka-gan
miki08
exactly! The country was simply not ready for it. so the water is worth it. it is NOT easy to go anywhere!
аватар Azizam
Yesterday I was on the road from Sharm to Hurghada all day. The road took more than 10 hours (while we got there for 7 and a half). The worst was on the Sharm-Cairo highway: they sat down, which continued to go and the cars tried to drive through this mixture of water, sand and stones; a pile of stones on the road; breaks and erosion of the road surface; in one place I saw oil stains on the water. What is it? fuel oil, I don’t know oil ... It was a village from the side of the mountains and they went to the sea. It was in Ras Sadr (about 250 km) from Sharm. The worst thing is that there were cars on this road that carried gasoline and food to Sharm. That is, if they do not break through, Charm will be left without food ...
But the Cairo-Hurghada road was just perfect. And in Hurghada itself, I did not see much destruction / flooding.
аватар miki08
Quite right Egypt and the downpour is nonsense. For which I respect the Egyptians, they were able to keep their coast and sea, unlike us, clean, but the elements and here they are completely not to blame, it is simply impossible to foresee everything. Just who is now going there on vacation, knowing that there is a hot climate should be more careful due to the circumstances.
аватар Azizam
miki08. This is where I disagree with you 100%. The Egyptians foresaw all this in Alex and Kairo. It rains there quite often, in Alex there can be showers. The whole problem is that they didn’t even think about resort towns that this could also happen. Even on the roofs of hotels and houses there is no coating that will protect against seepage water ... Well, yes, what for? All the same, it rains once every 20 years ... And the fact that there may be water problems in Sharm now if the road is not restored quickly is a fact.
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