020318_Hurghada SECAP_FINAL
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Receptors<br />
Extreme<br />
weather<br />
event<br />
Potential effects Who/What is affected Comments by Governorate<br />
- Loss of fertile grounds near coastal areas and<br />
especially the deltas<br />
Storms - Damages / loss of harvest in afflicted areas /<br />
loss of livestock<br />
Floods - Damages / loss of harvest in afflicted areas /<br />
loss of livestock<br />
Farmers, food industry, consumers<br />
Farmers, food industry, consumers<br />
Extreme<br />
heat<br />
- Increased coral bleaching<br />
- Migration of coastal species towards higher<br />
altitudes<br />
- Reduction of vulnerable fishing stock<br />
- Altered flora and fauna, new and invasive<br />
species*<br />
Ecosystem, fish industry, consumers<br />
* Altering “flora and fauna, new<br />
and invasive species" is not<br />
applicable in <strong>Hurghada</strong>. *<br />
Biodiversity<br />
Coastal zone<br />
ecosystems<br />
Droughts*<br />
Sea level<br />
rise<br />
- Increase of coastal water salinity<br />
- Loss of species<br />
- Altered flora and fauna, new and invasive<br />
species*<br />
- Increased coastal erosion<br />
- Salinization of surface and ground waters<br />
- Displacement of coastal lowland and wetlands<br />
and reduction of certain fish species<br />
Ecosystem<br />
Ecosystem, fish industry, consumers<br />
* Not applicable, as <strong>Hurghada</strong><br />
has high relative humidity so no<br />
droughts are occurring.<br />
Storms - Pollution of natural resources Ecosystem<br />
Floods - Loss of species Ecosystem * Altering “flora and fauna, new<br />
and invasive species" is not<br />
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