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In case of a small flood, the upper basins could not be filled with water which could mean food shortages or even famine. If a flood was too large, it would damage villages, dykes and canals. The basin irrigation method did not exact too much of the soils, and their fertility was sustained by the annual silt deposit.
The governor of Egypt’s Red Sea region, Amr Hanafi, said the five survivors rescued on Tuesday included two Belgians, an Egyptian, a Swiss national and a Finnish national.
Egypt's fresh water is mainly derived from underground water. Underground water results in 95% of Egyptian's desert land. Egypt is also dependent on rainwater but it is a scarce and limiting source for agricultural development. In addition, Egypt refuses agricultural drainage water in correlation with Nile water for irrigation. [2]
Egypt is considered a downstream country because the source of the Nile, and most of the water that contributes to it, comes from outside Egypt’s borders. [25] The Nile flows 4,100 miles beginning in Lake Victoria (located between Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya) and emptying into the Mediterranean sea forming the Nile Delta.
A video shared on X allegedly shows a recent protest in Cairo, Egypt. Verdict: False This video is miscaptioned and originates from 2019. Fact Check: A new Suez Canal channel has been tested with ...
The WMO attributes the death toll of 469 to the lightning strike and notes the disaster is the highest mortality event as a result of a lightning strike on record (dating back to 1873). [2] The highest death toll directly caused by a single lightning strike is 21 people killed while sheltering in a hut in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe ) in 1975.
The new guidance either bans construction or includes strict pre-requisites including that properties built in flood zones should not have basements. In the largely working-class suburbs of ...
The 2016 Egypt flood was a natural disaster affecting the Assuit, Red Sea, Sohag, South Sinai and Qena governorates of Egypt in late October and early November. At least 26 people were killed and 72 injured.