Bad weather – The south of the country has been experiencing torrential rains since Friday, causing flooding and flooding
Eleven people have lost their lives and nine have been missing since Friday in southern Morocco, hit by torrential rains and floods.
Heavy downpours and floods have left 7 dead in the province of Tata, 740 km southeast of Rabat, 2 in Tiznit (southwest) and 2 in Errachidia (southeast), including one of unspecified foreign nationality, said the spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior, Rachi El Khalfi, according to a provisional report.
A year of precipitation in two days
Heavy rains accompanied by floods and floods have hit 17 regions and provinces of Morocco since Friday, including some that are usually semi-arid. “The volume of precipitation recorded in two days is equivalent to that which these regions normally experience during an entire year,” said the ministry spokesperson.
He also announced the collapse of 40 houses nationwide and damage to 93 roads as well as water, electricity and telecommunications networks.
Since Friday, the south and south-east of Morocco as well as certain areas of the Atlas have been affected “by an extremely unstable tropical air mass, due to the exceptional position of the Intertropical Front (ITF) over the south of the country”, explained to AFP the spokesperson for (…) - 20minutes
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