tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post8175672836924664452..comments2023-11-06T17:59:14.655+02:00Comments on Eco R Geo: Soaring temperatures leave 19 more dead across Egypt on Monday (Ministry)antixronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321757470762094126noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-54015507898295171202015-08-12T14:12:29.988+03:002015-08-12T14:12:29.988+03:00Egypt's state news agency says 21 more people ...Egypt's state news agency says 21 more people have died due to a scorching heat wave, raising this week's death toll to more than 60...<br /><br />The official MENA news agency said Wednesday that the latest deaths are from the previous day, mostly elderly people. It says 581 people are in hospital for heat exhaustion.<br /><br />The Mideast has been hit by a heat wave since late July. Egyptian summers are usually hot, but temperatures this week soared to 46 degrees Celsius (114 degrees Fahrenheit) in the south.<br /><br />At least 40 people had died on Sunday and Monday, including detainees and patients in a psychiatric hospital, according to officials. It wasn't immediately clear whether Tuesday's death toll includes a German national living in the southern city of Luxor who died from heatstroke.<br />AP<br />dailystar.com.lb<br />12/8/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-65216289104719031472015-08-11T22:12:12.291+03:002015-08-11T22:12:12.291+03:00Egyptian health authorities say at least 40 people...Egyptian health authorities say at least 40 people have died in the last two days amid a scorching heatwave hitting the country...<br /><br />The Health Ministry says that 19 people died Monday when temperatures reached around 40 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) in the country's north. The ministry says the heatwave killed 21 people Sunday.<br /><br />The ministry said Tuesday that most of those killed were the elderly. Twenty-six people died in the capital, Cairo, a crowded, sprawling city of at least 18 million. Three who died from the heat were patients in a psychiatric hospital north of Cairo.<br /><br />Egyptian summers are usually hot, but an unprecedented heatwave has been baking the region in recent weeks.<br /> AP<br />dailystar.com.lb<br />11/8/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com