Egypt responds to reports of dam collapse in Sinai
Egyptian water officials have dismissed viral social media reports alleging the total failure of flood protection dams in Nuweiba, assuring the public that the infrastructure successfully contained massive rainwater surges following recent torrential storms across South Sinai. Rebuffing claims of three-meter-high floodwaters breaking through defenses, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation clarified that all primary dams in the region remain fully intact and performed precisely as engineered. Infrastructure intact: Assessing the damage While rumors of catastrophic structural collapses circulated online alongside photos of eroded ground, the ministry clarified that the viral imagery actually depicts damage around a coastal bridge support on the Sharm El-Sheikh–Taba highway—a road s…