CAIRO  - Egypt's Mediterranean ports of Alexandria and Dekheila were closed on Wednesday due to poor weather, state news agency MENA reported.

The ports are among Egypt's largest and can each handle a maximum of 1 million 20ft-equivalent units (TEUs).

(Reporting by Lilian Wagdy, writing by Nafisa Eltahir; editing by Jason Neely) ((Nafisa.Eltahir@thomsonreuters.com;))