"historic" storm in the Middle East brought a rare treat to
Egypt's capital Friday: a blanket of powdery, white snow.
Due to Cairo's low rate of precipitation and typically
above-freezing winter temperatures, snow is an
exceptionally unusual weather phenomenon for the North
African city. So unusual, in fact, that the Los Angeles
Times, citing local news reports, writes that the last
recorded snowfall in Cairo was more than 100 years ago.
Ali Abdelazim, an official at the city's meteorological
centre, confirmed to the Agence France-Presse this is the
"first time in very many years" that snow has fallen in the
Cairo area.
Excited Egyptians took to social media Friday to share
photographs of the unusual meteorological event.
Wait,snow still dey fall for JOS? X_x
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