{"id":12269,"date":"2013-12-13T10:21:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T17:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/natural-disasters\/cairo-receives-first-snow-in-over-100-years-jerusalem-receives-most-in-50-years\/"},"modified":"2013-12-13T16:10:09","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T23:10:09","slug":"cairo-receives-first-snow-in-over-100-years-jerusalem-receives-most-in-50-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/natural-disasters\/cairo-receives-first-snow-in-over-100-years-jerusalem-receives-most-in-50-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Cairo receives first snow in over 100 years, Jerusalem receives most in 50 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/slideshow\/powerful-winter-storm-brings-heavy-snow-to-jerusalem-first-snow-to-cairo-112-years#slide=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man walks in the snow a head of Shabat (Saturday), At the Mea Shearim Ultra orthodox jewish neighborhood on December 13, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel.\" alt=\"An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man walks in the snow a head of Shabat (Saturday), At the Mea Shearim Ultra orthodox jewish neighborhood on December 13, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel.\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn2-b.examiner.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/mobile_rss\/hash\/bf\/12\/bf12bfa72081c3dc6ff221356b31b60b.jpg?itok=MKmztXLD\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man walks in the snow in Jerusalem, Israel. Click to view a slideshow of the event. (Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A powerful winter storm system struck parts of the Middle East on Friday to the delight of some residents but causing havoc in other locations where snow is a rarity.<\/p>\n<p>In Cairo, Egypt snow fell, reportedly for the first time in 112 years, covering parts of the city in a light blanket of white.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of Israel saw heavy snow totaling up to three feet. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat told The Times of Israel, \u201cWe\u2019re facing a rare storm the likes of which we\u2019ve never seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The local meteorological agency said it was the worst snowstorm seen since at least 1953.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/cairo-receives-first-snow-over-100-years-jerusalem-receives-most-50-years?cid=rss\" target=\"_blank\">Read the rest of this story with video and photos on Examiner.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A powerful winter storm system struck parts of the Middle East on Friday to the delight of some residents but causing havoc in other locations where snow is a rarity. In Cairo, Egypt snow fell, reportedly for the first time in 112 years, covering parts of the city in a light blanket of white. Parts &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/natural-disasters\/cairo-receives-first-snow-in-over-100-years-jerusalem-receives-most-in-50-years\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cairo receives first snow in over 100 years, Jerusalem receives most in 50 years<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[540,8,330],"tags":[669,668,323],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12269"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12270,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12269\/revisions\/12270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}