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World Bank Announces $700 Mln in Financing for Egypt

The moon is seen after the day of Strawberry Moon over old houses in Cairo, Egypt, June 22, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
The moon is seen after the day of Strawberry Moon over old houses in Cairo, Egypt, June 22, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
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World Bank Announces $700 Mln in Financing for Egypt

The moon is seen after the day of Strawberry Moon over old houses in Cairo, Egypt, June 22, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
The moon is seen after the day of Strawberry Moon over old houses in Cairo, Egypt, June 22, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

The World Bank announced on Monday $700 million of budget support for Egypt, part of a 3-year, $6 billion program that the bank pledged earlier this year.

The $700 million is designed to help Egypt boost private sector participation, macroeconomic and fiscal resilience, and a greener growth trajectory, the World Bank said in a statement.

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About 12% of Oil Production in Gulf of Mexico Shut-in

People inspect their damaged house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on September 28, 2024. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)
People inspect their damaged house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on September 28, 2024. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)
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About 12% of Oil Production in Gulf of Mexico Shut-in

People inspect their damaged house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on September 28, 2024. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)
People inspect their damaged house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on September 28, 2024. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

About 12% of current oil production and 6.04% of the current natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico is shut-in due to storm Helene, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said in a statement on Saturday.

Authorities across the southeastern United States faced the daunting task on Saturday of cleaning up from Hurricane Helene, one of the most powerful and perhaps costliest to hit the country.

Damage estimates across the storm's rampage range between $95 billion and $110 billion, potentially making this one of the most expensive storms in modern US history, said chief meteorologist Jonathan Porter of AccuWeather, a commercial forecasting company.
Downgraded late on Friday to a post-tropical cyclone, the remnants of Helene continued to produce heavy rains across several states, sparking massive flooding that threatened to cause dam failures that could inundate entire towns.