A child wades through rain and snow waters at an informal tent settlement housing Syrian refugees following winter storms in the area of Delhamiyeh, in the central Bekaa Valley on January 17, 2019. Lebanon plays host to over one million Syrian refugees who fled as neighbouring Syrian fell into civil war at the start of March 2011. / AFP / JOSEPH EID
An aerial view shows an informal tent settlement housing Syrian refugees in the area of Delhamiyeh, in the central Bekaa Valley. Lebanon plays host to over one million Syrian refugees who fled as neighbouring Syrian fell into civil war at the start of March 2011. AFP
A Syrian boy sits in a water logged tent at the Cordoba camp for internally displaced Persons (IDP), close to Batabu town, along the highway leading to the Syrian Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in the northern Syrian Idlib province. Following heavy rain storms, the camp has become water logged, flooding the tents and making the the roads muddy and difficult to maneuvre on. AFP
A Syrian boy, stands in a water logged field outside a tent in the Cordoba camp for internally displaced Persons (IDP), close to Batabu town, along the highway leading to the Syrian Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in the northern Syrian Idlib province. Following heavy rain storms, the camp has become water logged, flooding the tents and making the the roads muddy and difficult to maneuvre on. AFP
Syrian children sit in their tent look out at the muddy path at the Cordoba camp for internally displaced Persons (IDP), close to Batabu town, along the highway leading to the Syrian Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in the northern Syrian Idlib province. Following heavy rain storms, the camp has become water logged, flooding the tents and making the the roads muddy and difficult to maneuvre on. AFP
Seagulls fly off the coast of the Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
Waves breaking against a building on the shore in the northern Lebanese seaside town of Anfeh, 65 Kms north of Beirut. AFP
Seagulls fly under a heavy storm cloud off the coast of the Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
A man covers his face during a sandstorm near the River Nile in Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS
A street vendor pushes his cart during a sandstorm in Cairo, Egypt. Several zoos and parks closed their doors on the same day due to the sandstorm. According to meteorologists, rain is expected later on the same night. EPA
First winter snow falls in a deserted street in Amman, Jordan. According to local media news, snow was expected in areas from 900m and above. The Jordanian authorities announced on 16 January evening that government and private schools would not run the next day due to the weather conditions. EPA
First winter snow falls in a deserted street in Amman, Jordan. According to local media news, snow was expected in areas from 900m and above. The Jordanian authorities announced on 16 January evening that government and private schools would not run the next day due to the weather conditions. EPA
Palm trees get their first winter snow in a deserted street in Amman, Jordan. According to local media news, snow was expected in areas from 900m and above. The Jordanian authorities announced on 16 January evening that government and private schools would not run the next day due to the weather conditions. EPA
Tunisian families enjoy the snow in Ain Draham, north west Tunisia. Inhabitants of the north west region have welcomed the first snowfall of the year. AFP
A car drives through falling snow in the city of Ain Draham on the slopes of the Djebel Bir, in Tunisia's northwestern province of Jendouba, about 185 kilometres west of the capital Tunis. AFP
Rain water floods the grounds of an informal tent settlement housing Syrian refugees flooded by rain water in the area of Bar Elias, in the central Bekaa Valley. AFP
A child wades through rain and snow waters at an informal tent settlement housing Syrian refugees following winter storms in the area of Delhamiyeh, in the central Bekaa Valley on January 17, 2019. Lebanon plays host to over one million Syrian refugees who fled as neighbouring Syrian fell into civil war at the start of March 2011. / AFP / JOSEPH EID
An aerial view shows an informal tent settlement housing Syrian refugees in the area of Delhamiyeh, in the central Bekaa Valley. Lebanon plays host to over one million Syrian refugees who fled as neighbouring Syrian fell into civil war at the start of March 2011. AFP
A Syrian boy sits in a water logged tent at the Cordoba camp for internally displaced Persons (IDP), close to Batabu town, along the highway leading to the Syrian Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in the northern Syrian Idlib province. Following heavy rain storms, the camp has become water logged, flooding the tents and making the the roads muddy and difficult to maneuvre on. AFP
A Syrian boy, stands in a water logged field outside a tent in the Cordoba camp for internally displaced Persons (IDP), close to Batabu town, along the highway leading to the Syrian Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in the northern Syrian Idlib province. Following heavy rain storms, the camp has become water logged, flooding the tents and making the the roads muddy and difficult to maneuvre on. AFP
Syrian children sit in their tent look out at the muddy path at the Cordoba camp for internally displaced Persons (IDP), close to Batabu town, along the highway leading to the Syrian Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in the northern Syrian Idlib province. Following heavy rain storms, the camp has become water logged, flooding the tents and making the the roads muddy and difficult to maneuvre on. AFP
Seagulls fly off the coast of the Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
Waves breaking against a building on the shore in the northern Lebanese seaside town of Anfeh, 65 Kms north of Beirut. AFP
Seagulls fly under a heavy storm cloud off the coast of the Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
A man covers his face during a sandstorm near the River Nile in Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS
A street vendor pushes his cart during a sandstorm in Cairo, Egypt. Several zoos and parks closed their doors on the same day due to the sandstorm. According to meteorologists, rain is expected later on the same night. EPA
First winter snow falls in a deserted street in Amman, Jordan. According to local media news, snow was expected in areas from 900m and above. The Jordanian authorities announced on 16 January evening that government and private schools would not run the next day due to the weather conditions. EPA
First winter snow falls in a deserted street in Amman, Jordan. According to local media news, snow was expected in areas from 900m and above. The Jordanian authorities announced on 16 January evening that government and private schools would not run the next day due to the weather conditions. EPA
Palm trees get their first winter snow in a deserted street in Amman, Jordan. According to local media news, snow was expected in areas from 900m and above. The Jordanian authorities announced on 16 January evening that government and private schools would not run the next day due to the weather conditions. EPA
Tunisian families enjoy the snow in Ain Draham, north west Tunisia. Inhabitants of the north west region have welcomed the first snowfall of the year. AFP
A car drives through falling snow in the city of Ain Draham on the slopes of the Djebel Bir, in Tunisia's northwestern province of Jendouba, about 185 kilometres west of the capital Tunis. AFP
Rain water floods the grounds of an informal tent settlement housing Syrian refugees flooded by rain water in the area of Bar Elias, in the central Bekaa Valley. AFP
A child wades through rain and snow waters at an informal tent settlement housing Syrian refugees following winter storms in the area of Delhamiyeh, in the central Bekaa Valley on January 17, 2019. Lebanon plays host to over one million Syrian refugees who fled as neighbouring Syrian fell into civil war at the start of March 2011. / AFP / JOSEPH EID
At least four dead in Lebanon as severe weather sweeps through region
Snow, rain and sand have affected large parts of the Mediterranean coast
