Three people died and 450 others were injured due to scorpion stings in Aswan, a Health Ministry official said, in the wake of bad weather and thunderstorm in the southern Egyptian governorate since Friday.
The injured citizens were hospitalised, undersecretary of the Health Ministry in Aswan Ehab Hanafy said in a statement.
Heavy rainfall, thunder, dust storm, and snowfall in Aswan, where rain is rare, have raised a state of concern among residents amid fears of the possibility of floods.
Rain has reportedly flushed scorpions and snakes out of their hiding places, caused power cuts, and led many lighting posts and trees in the streets to fall.
Hospitals across the governorate have raised the state of utmost preparedness, Hanafy said in press remarks.
Authorities said that anti-venom is available at hospitals and medical units in Aswan and extra amounts of the anti-venom were provided to medical units in villages near mountains and the desert, Hanafy added.
