File photo: Cars drive on Qasr El-Nile bridge after a heavy rainfall in Cairo, Egypt (Al-Ahram)
Temperatures across the country are set to gradually decrease by the end of this week, the head of Egypt's Meteorological Authority Ahmed Abdel-Aal said on Monday, dismissing the possibility of floods.
Abdel-Aal advised citizens to start wearing winter clothes by the start of next week.
Egypt’s winter season officially starts on 21 December, according to the EMA.
Abdel-Aal also noted that rain in the northern coast and Nile Delta, Cairo and in northern Upper Egypt.
Monday to Wednesday temperatures:
Cairo and the Nile Delta
Low 17, High 24
South Sinai and Hurghada
21/26
Southern Upper Egypt
19/26
North Sinai
17/22
Northern Upper Egypt
15/25
North Coast
17/23
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