This is an unprecedented situation. “Morocco reported a record temperature of 50.4°C. This is the first time that the country has reliably observed a temperature above 50°C”, reports the American site. Spectator Index in a tweet.
This episode of heat wave, the third of the summer, was predictable, within a few tenths of a degree. The General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM) expected a strong heat wave, from Friday to Sunday, which could reach 49 ° C.
The highest temperature, 49°C, initially forecast for this Saturday, August 12, particularly concerns the cities of Laâyoune, Smara and Agadir.
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Thus, temperatures oscillating between 46 and 49 ° C should affect, Friday and Saturday, the provinces of Taroudant, Inezgane-Ait Melloul, Chtouka-Ait Baha, Agadir-Ida-Ou-Tanane, Chichaoua, El Kelaa des Sraghna, Essaouira, Marrakech, Rehamna, Safi, Youssoufia, Tan-Tan, Assa-Zag, Guelmim, Tarfaya, Laâyoune, Boujdour, Es-Semara and Oued Ed-Dahab, had indicated the DGM in an alert bulletin whose level of vigilance is red .
The heat wave will also persist on Sunday in the provinces of Taroudant, Agadir-Ida-Ou-Tanane, Inezgane-Ait Melloul, Chtouka-Ait Baha, Assa-Zag, Guelmim, Tan-Tan, Tarfaya, Boujdour, Es-Smara, Laâyoune, Oued Ed-Dahab, Ouezzane, Fez, Meknes, Taounate, Moulay Yacoub, Sidi Kacem, Sidi Slimane, Khouribga, Béni Mellal, Fquih Ben Salah, Settat, Rehamna, Youssoufia, Safi, Marrakech, El Kelaa des Sraghna, Chichaoua, Essaouria, Errachidia, Tiznit, Tata and Sidi Ifni with temperatures varying between 44 and 47°C.
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