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December 2010 Edition

Med. Cruise Ship hit by severe storms

Several passengers on a Royal Caribbean cruise were injured yesterday after their ship was hit by rough seas as it travelled to the port of Alexandria in Egypt.

Brilliance of the Seas is understood to have been left listing after large waves and heavy winds resulted in 30 injuries and caused damage to some of the ship's public areas.

The port of Alexandria, which is Egypt's largest, has now been closed due to the weather, leaving Brilliance of the Seas to bypass it and head straight to Valletta, Malta before it returns to Barcelona on Friday.

Meanwhile, flights have been delayed to and from several airports in the Mediterranean and Middle East after heavy rain and fierce winds continued to lash the region.

The storms have already sunk a ship off the coast of Israel, closed ports and disrupted shipping in the Suez Canal.

Most Egyptian ports on the Red Sea and the Mediterranean have now been closed as wind speeds reached up to 37 mph.

Waves measuring up to 33ft have smashed into the coast of Lebanon and snow has covered the streets of Damascus in Syria.
 

While this is a particularly bad weather period one has to question why the cruise lines are operating itineraries in the Med. during the winter season.  Apart from pockets of the southern Med. weather in this part of the world is not good over the winter months.

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