Egypt’s government announced on Sunday that thus far five people have died and another 54 were injured in various accidents across the country due to the bad weather. Meteorologists predict cold weather across Egypt on Monday on all parts of the country during daylight hours, growing colder by night. Egypt loses roughly 12,000 lives to traffic accidents every year. It has a road traffic fatality rate of 42 deaths per 100,000 people, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). According to a Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) report on accidents in 2017, Egyptian car accidents resulted in 3,747 deaths, 13,998 injuries, and 17,201 damaged vehicles.

Source: Egypt Independent January 13, 2019 15:11 UTC