Mideast Shivers as Winter Comes Early
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NICOSIA, Cyprus — People from Israel to Iran were shivering Monday as winter came early to the Middle East, pushing November temperatures to their lowest in decades in some places.
Snow blanketed mountain peaks in several countries. In northern Lebanon, police and children on skis rescued several people trapped by snow up to 6 feet deep.
Snow fell in the Syrian mountains, and in Jordan temperatures fell to freezing Sunday night from 55 degrees during the day.
Cairo was sunny but unusually cold with night temperatures as low as 52 degrees. Jerusalem reported its coldest November night in 68 years, with the temperature dropping to 34 degrees.
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