Storms pummel Mideast

People watch as high winds and heavy seas hit the shore on the Beirut seaside, in Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 12. Heavy rain and fierce winds pummeled countries across the Middle East on Sunday, killing a woman in Lebanon, sinking a ship off Israel's coast and prompting Egypt to close its largest Mediterranean port.

A man rides his bicycle through a flooded street after a storm in Sidon port city in south Lebanon, Dec. 12.

Small fishing boats are seen stacked atop of each other after high winds and towering waves struck Beirut's coastal area, Lebanon, Dec. 12.

An Israeli man takes cover as waves crash at the Tel Aviv port, Dec. 12.

Municipality workers try to maneuver a barrier that was damaged by high waves in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Dec. 12.

An Israeli woman walks next to the walls of Jerusalem's old city, Dec. 12.

A woman looks through a car window covered with snow after a storm hit Bahamdoun village in eastern Lebanon, Dec. 12.

Part of the main highway linking Beirut to Damascus, is seen through a car windshield during a snow storm in Sawfar village in eastern Lebanon, Dec. 12.

Lebanese men react as waves crash into a seaside promenade in the southern city of Sidon on Dec. 12.

Egyptians look for survivors under the rubble of a factory that collapsed in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, Egypt, on Dec. 12. At least three people died in the collapse, a security official said blaming the accident "on bad weather and heavy rains.

A dust storm sweeps through Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Dec, 12.

Ultra Orthodox Jewish men wear plastic bags over their hats, as they walk outside Jerusalem's old city, Dec. 12.