Egypt: Dozens Die as Temperatures Reach 111 Degrees
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Version 0 of 1. A scorching heat wave has gripped Egypt this week, killing at least 42 people, including a German man, three patients in a psychiatric hospital and three detainees at a jail, officials said Tuesday. While Egyptian summers are usually hot, this week’s temperatures in the south soared to 111 degrees Fahrenheit. Most of the fatalities — at least 26 — were in Cairo, a crowded, sprawling city of at least 18 million where the power failed for a few hours Tuesday in several areas because of increased consumption. The identity of the German victim was not made public, though a security official said he had been living in Luxor, and the official MENA news agency described him as in his sixties. |