The Archive · 1941

Heat Wave in Egypt

Cairo, Ma What is believed to be almost a record heat-wave rehing the desert on the outskit here a temperature of 119 degrees in the hade has been recorded ba ly explains why tod: communique s: s "nothin por ance to report" in the Tobruk area.

If conditions are similar in Libya, the burning rays of the sun will be making almost e of tanks and other vehicles almost untouchable.

Meanwhile, small rains" in Abyssinia are slowing down opera-us, making many roads temporary impassable

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