Breaking news and local reporting across the Red Sea coast.
The Egyptian Meteorological Authority expects light to moderate rain, thundery at times, over parts of the Red Sea Governorate from Saturday 10 to Monday 12 October, with warnings of lightning and strong winds beneath storm clouds.
11 October 2026
A fire on a roof in the Mamsha tourist promenade area south of Hurghada was brought under control on Saturday evening before it reached guest rooms, Al-Masry Al-Youm and Youm7 report. Youm7 reports no injuries; the cause is being investigated.
10 October 2026
Youm7 has published a photo feature on Carlos Reef off Hurghada, one of the coast's better-known dive sites, named for the sea caves that earned it the nickname 'coral caves'.
10 October 2026
The Red Sea Water Company says its crews moved out from pre-positioned standby points as Friday evening's rain hit Hurghada, and were still pumping water off streets on Saturday morning. A 24-hour hotline is taking residents' reports.
10 October 2026
Red Sea Governor Waleed El-Barqi tells Al-Masry Al-Youm the governorate produces over 160,000 cubic metres of water a day while real demand runs about 90,000 above that. Five new desalination plants are in the pipeline — one already building in north Hurghada, four more for Safaga, El Quseir, Ras Ghareb and Marsa Alam.
10 October 2026
Youm7 has published the list of school building works under way across the Red Sea Governorate, naming projects in El Quseir, Hurghada, Marsa Alam and Shalateen — but no costs, contractors or opening dates.
10 October 2026
Egypt's Meteorological Authority says thundery clouds are still sitting over the Red Sea coast and flash floods may form overnight and through Saturday, with lightning and blowing sand alongside the rain.
10 October 2026
Air Cairo will fly the Graz–Hurghada route from the start of the summer 2027 schedule, once a week on Thursdays and twice a week in the July–September peak, under its partnership with SunExpress. No fares or booking date have been published.
9 October 2026
Thundery rain fell on Hurghada for more than an hour on Friday evening, pooling water in streets and cutting electricity in some districts for about half an hour. The governorate has pumping vehicles out on the main roads and forecasters are warning drivers of poor visibility.
9 October 2026
Electricity is returning area by area to the parts of El Quseir cut off during Friday's dawn storm, and the water company is still on round-the-clock emergency. Forecasters say fresh thundery cloud is building over the coast, with flash-flood warnings for the wadis.
9 October 2026
Autumn wind has brought kitesurfers and windsurfers back to the coast from El Gouna down to Lahami Bay, Al-Masry Al-Youm reports, with watersports visitors put at 10–15 per cent of Red Sea arrivals and an instructor warning that enthusiasm alone is not enough.
9 October 2026
Electricity was cut as a precaution in El Quseir during Friday morning's thunderstorm and restored gradually through the morning, with crews pumping standing water out of six named areas and warnings issued of flash floods in the wadis west of town.
9 October 2026