2013 Middle East Cold Snap, Alexa Winter Storm, Cairo, Egypt

Egypt's capital Cairo witnessed rare snowfall (mostly graupel) on Friday December 13 that the local media claimed to be the first in 112 years and night temperature is expected to drop as low as 2 °C (36 °F).
• Israel
Jerusalem was paralysed by its fiercest snowstorm in years, with its mayor calling out the army to help stranded motorists and authorities urging residents to stay indoors. Netanyahu called it a "once-in-a-century" storm.
In addition, roads were closed in Israel with thick clouds prompting Ben-Gurion International Airport to shut down forcing US Secretary of State John Kerry to cut short his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah to return in Israel before roads and airports were out of service. Jerusalem was cut off for 48 hours by deep snow and flooding and cars abandoned after they got stuck in snow.