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https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/13/13444463_h26019937_wide-7a2bb1c0d434a4c9558105aa6e691dcafffe2ecf.jpg40002246The storm dubbed Alexa has blown tents down in Syrian refugee camps and flooded parts of the Gaza Strip. It has also given Jerusalem its heaviest snowfall in 50 years, and Cairo its first snow in decades.