Thursday afternoon Egypt was on a date with one of those Sandstorms that remind Egyptians that there is something called Khamsin storms Egypt is famous for in spring.
I was in the street, and I saw firsthand the results of removing trees. In a couple of hours, we had in Great Cairo extremely hot weather, rain, and sandstorm.
| What I saw firsthand Thursday afternoon, minutes earlier it was raining |
We saw great Cairo under the ‘Mexican filter’ afternoon as some like to call it online.
We paid the price of removing hundreds if not thousands of trees across the country for real today. It has been ages since we saw a similar storm.
I believe the officials especially in the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture know that but fear to say it in public.
We need a green belt around Greater Cairo today before tomorrow. We need to regrow trees again.
This is a typical and original Khamsin Egypt is famous for, but it is a very belated Khamsin. Khamsin storms usually do not happen on 1st June or June at all. Summer should start after 20 days officially.
