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Over the weekend, there was a rare thunderstorm in Egypt, which followed in a flash flood that killed at least three people. Affected by flash floods, swarms of scorpions rushed into people's homes and stung people.
In the southern Egyptian city of Aswan, more than 500 scorpions were stung by scorpions after rain floods to escape thunderstorms and torrential rains, and entered the homes of local residents in Aswan city, CNN reported.
The fat-tailed scorpion of Egypt
Citizens stung by scorpions said their symptoms included severe pain, fever, sweating, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle tremors and head twitches, Al Jazeera reported.
According to the local hospital, it was the local fat-tailed scorpion that stung the residents, also known as Androctonus crassicauda, which translates from Greek to mean "murderer". They usually live in the desert and are the deadliest scorpions in the world, and if left untreated, people can die within an hour of being stung.
According to Egypt's official newspaper, Pyramid, the injured Residents of Aswan were transferred to hospitals for anti-snake venom injections.
The BBC reported that doctors were forced to stop injecting covid-19 vaccines in order to inject life-saving antivenoms. A health official said they had provided additional doses of anti-venom to medical centers in villages near the mountains and deserts.
The southern Egyptian city of Aswan
The Aswan region usually receives about 1 mm of rain each year, and this thunderstorm and hail on weekends is an extremely rare sight in the area. According to Aswan Governor Ashraf Atiyah, torrential rains destroyed homes and damaged roads and trees, the worst natural disaster in 11 years, in which three members of Egypt's security forces were killed in a flash flood.
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