At least nine people were killed in violent storms which swept the eastern Mediterranean yesterday. Dozens were injured and hundreds trapped in their cars by snow, and the region had widespread power failures.
Seven Egyptians drowned when their fishing boat sank in a storm in the Mediterranean near Port Said, the coastguard said.
The boat's owner and one other person managed to swim safely to shore, but the owner's 12year-old son and the six others perished in waves that rose several metres high.
The seaports in Alexandria and Dekheila were closed for the second consecutive day, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.
In Lebanon, police said two Syrian immigrant labourers died when the main wall in their barracks collapsed during the night.
Snow trapped several hundred people in their cars for hours on the Dahr al-Baidar pass between Beirut and Damascus and on roads to ski resorts. Civil defence workers, the Red Cross and police rescued the stranded.
Along the Lebanese coastline, winds of up to 100 km (62 miles) an hour ripped trees from the ground, causing numerous accidents. Flights to Beirut from Geneva and Frankfurt had to reroute to Cyprus.