What happened in Alexandria and can it happen again?

Written By هشام جمال on 2025/06/01

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Arab Weather - The city of Alexandria was affected at dawn on Saturday by a severe thunderstorm classified as a super thunderstorm, a violent weather phenomenon.

The scientific reason behind this is the passage of a cold and effective air front, accompanied by towering cumulonimbus clouds. Due to the coldness of the middle and upper layers of the atmosphere, the rainfall was in the form of heavy hail showers, which led to significant accumulation of hail on the ground in several neighborhoods of the city.

As the front passed through and the hail stopped, floods formed and water levels rose due to the heavy rainfall. Meanwhile, strong downdrafts accompanied the storm, intensifying the impacts on the ground.

Such weather events are rare and unusual in the Arab Republic of Egypt. They require special weather conditions, most notably the rush of cold air masses into the upper atmosphere, coupled with high humidity and clear atmospheric instability across the various layers of the atmosphere. This type of thunderstorm is not expected to recur in the foreseeable future.

And God knows best.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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