Moroccan authorities announced that more than 140,000 residents have been evacuated in the northwest of the country due to floods, while heavy rainfall is expected to continue this Friday.
In a statement, the Moroccan Interior Ministry indicated that evacuation operations for populations living in flood-prone areas are continuing “according to an approach that takes into account the level of danger and the extent of potential damage.”
As of Thursday morning, 143,164 people have been sheltered as part of these preventive interventions aimed at “protecting human lives and ensuring the safety of citizens,” the same source specified.
The majority of evacuations took place in the city of Ksar El Kebir, particularly threatened by the rising waters of the Sebou River. The operations there began as early as last Friday in light of the increasing risk of floods.
These evacuations, considered the largest of their kind in Morocco, also involve several neighboring towns and villages located in the Loukkos and Gharb plains, at the mouths of the Loukkos and Sebou rivers on the Atlantic Ocean, two of the country’s main waterways.
Authorities remain on alert as weather conditions remain unfavorable, urging the populations to remain vigilant in the face of the persistence of the bad weather.
