US EditionMorocco Deploys Army to Help Evacuate Thousands After Floods
Morocco's Royal Armed Forces relocated over 20,000 people due to flooding from heavy rains and dam releases, with over 600 mm of rain recorded since September, officials said.
- On Jan 31, Morocco's Royal Armed Forces deployed rescue units to evacuate more than 20,000 people in northwest Morocco and set up public shelters and camps.
- The Loukkos River Basin Agency said the region received over 600 mm of rain since September, filling Oued El Makhazine dam to 100% with controlled releases, raising Loukous River levels and flooding Ksar El Kebir about 190 km north of Rabat.
- Emergency crews intervened at public buildings, evacuating a local hospital and converting centres into shelters with food and bedding, while sandbags and temporary barriers were installed along riverfront homes as Governor Bouassam El Alamine inspected weak points.
- Authorities raised Ksar El Kebir's flood alert to maximum as heavy rains threaten neighbourhoods, rising Sebou River levels prompted evacuations in Sidi Kacem, and the General Directorate of Meteorology forecasts more showers and strong winds on Friday.
- The abundant rainfall ended a seven-year drought as the average dam-filling rate rose to 60%, with controlled releases increasing downstream flood risk in the Loukkos basin.
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Morocco deploys army to help evacuate thousands after floods
By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Morocco has deployed army rescue units to help with the evacuation of thousands of people after floods triggered by torrential rains and rising river levels hit parts of the country’s northwest, state TV reported on Saturday. Weeks of heavy rainfall, combined with water releases from a nearly full dam nearby, increased water levels in the Loukous River and flooded several neighbourhoods in the cit…
The city of Ksar El Kebir, located in northern Morocco, entered a state of high alert due to heavy rains and floods that swept through the region, coinciding with a comprehensive field mobilization in the Sidi Kacem region in the northwest of the country...
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Morocco has deployed army rescue units to help with the evacuation of thousands of people after floods triggered by torrential rains and rising river levels hit parts of the country’s northwest, state TV reported on Saturday. Weeks of heavy rainfall, combined with water releases from a nearly full dam nearby, increased water levels in the Loukous River and flooded several neighbourhoods in the city of Ksar Kbir, about 190 km (118 miles) north of…
The local authorities of the city of Ksar el-Kebir (Morocco) have ordered the urgent evacuation in several residential neighbourhoods, based on the recommendations of the crisis cell chaired by the governor of Larache province, as part of preventive measures aimed at reducing the risks to the storm that strikes the north of the country. The decision was taken after a worrying increase in the level of water due to the intense rainfall that affect…
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