IRIN – A report on flood damage in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsular was submitted to the Egyptian Cabinet on 28 January.

It said flash floods on and after 18 January left 780 homes totally destroyed, 1,076 submerged and the area suffered material losses of over US$25.3 million.

The destroyed homes would cost the government $3.5 million in compensation, said the report produced by the Crisis Management Centre in north Sinai in cooperation with the Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Centre.

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