Environmental issues in Egypt

Nearly 20 people have been killed in some of the worst storms to hit Egypt in decades, the country's prime minister said in a statement on March 13.

The North African country has been battered by heavy rain and strong winds that began in the earlier hours of March 12 and continued on March 13.

Archaeologists in Egypt stumbled upon a new discovery dating back to more than 2,500 years ago near Egypt's famed pyramids at an ancient necropolis south of Cairo.