Matthew 24:10,11 Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
A heatwave scorching Egypt has left 42 people dead.
Egyptian officials said 21 people died on Sunday and 19 more died on Monday. They added most of the dead were elderly people although they confirmed one German national, patients at a psychiatric hospital and some prisoners also died from the heat.
Temperatures in parts of the northern half of the country reached 120 and in the lower part of the nation topped 115. The capital city of Cairo hit 105.
The heatwave has also caused power outages. The Cairo subway was shut down due to power loss and many neighborhoods are getting one hour of power a day.
The heat wave is also causing problems in other nations.
In Beirut, Lebanon, which is on the Mediterranean coast, temperatures are in the 90’s but with 50% or greater humidity the conditions are almost unbearable.
“We had electricity from 3am to 6am last night, and the power comes on one hour during the day,” said Hasan, who lives in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where power cuts have been especially dire during the heatwave. “Officials sit in their offices with electricity.”
On Friday, the heat and humidity in Bandar Mahshahr, Iran, combined to give a feeling of a temperature of 165.
“That was one of the most incredible temperature observations I have ever seen and it is one of the most extreme readings ever in the world,” said AccuWeather Meteorologist Anthony Sagliani in a statement.
