Manar Ghanem, a member of the Media Centre of the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA), predicted Friday that the country will see improved weather conditions on Saturday.
The country is currently experiencing a heatwave affected by air masses coming from the eastern and western deserts since May 31.
Egypt experienced scorching weather across the country during the daytime hours. There has been a rise in temperatures nationwide from 3: 5 degrees.
On Thursday, one person was killed and four others injured after a billboard collapsed on vehicles traveling on the October Bridge in Central Cairo, due to strong winds and a sandstorm wreaked havoc in the capital and around the country.
A billboard collapsed on a car and a motorcycle traveling on the October bridge near El-Demerdash Metro Station, resulting in injuries.
Multiple ambulance vehicles were dispatched to the accident scene to transport those injured to nearby hospitals for treatment.
Social media users shared photos of some billboards that collapsed on major roads in New Cairo and the Suez-Cairo Road.
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