Bad weather closes four Egyptian harbors

Harbors in Alexandria, El-Dekhalia, Nowaila (on the Red Sea) and Suez were closed yesterday due to the bad weather in Egypt.

Ramadan El-Alimi, manager of the ships department in Alexandria and Dekhaila harbors, said that Alexandria's harbor was closed yesterday when the wind speed reached 30 knots and the waves increased to 4 meters and that it will be reopened as soon as the weather improves.

Mohammed Mohsen El-Masri, head of the Red Sea harbors organization, said the bad weather led to closing the Nowaibia and Suez harbors yesterday when the wind speed reached 20 knots.