Report: Storms in Egypt leave 3 dead, unleash scorpions

CAIRO — Heavy rainfall and flooding successful a confederate state successful Egypt person near 3 radical dormant and much than 500 others hospitalized from scorpion stings, state-run media reported.

Downpours, hail and thunder successful the state of Aswan implicit the play forced section authorities to suspend schoolhouse classes Sunday, Gov. Ashraf Attia said.

The storms forced scorpions from their hiding places into galore houses crossed the province, Attia added. He said astatine slightest 503 radical were hospitalized aft suffering scorpion stings and that each of them were discharged aft they were fixed anti-venom doses.

Acting Health Minister Khalid Abdel-Ghafar said successful a connection that nary deaths were reported from scorpion stings.

Photos and video footage circulated connected societal media showed flooded streets and damaged houses, vehicles and cultivation farms.

The Al-Ahram regular reported the deaths, citing Ehab Hanafy, the Health Ministry’s Undersecretary successful Aswan. It did not elaborate connected the cause.

The rainfall besides caused powerfulness outages.