Heavy rains in northern Morocco have pushed authorities in Ksar El Kebir to raise the flood alert to maximum, with the swollen Loukkos River threatening multiple neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n
Days of intense rainfall have flooded streets and low\u2011lying homes in the province of Larache, prompting a full mobilisation of local authorities, security services, utilities, and emergency teams.<\/p>\n
Sand barriers have been installed along the riverfront homes, while Governor Bouassam El Alamine inspects weak points along the river and oversees emergency measures.<\/p>\n
The Loukkos River Basin Agency reports that the region has received over 600 mm of rain since September, filling the Oued El Makhazine dam to 100% capacity, with controlled releases underway to ease pressure and limit downstream flooding.<\/p>\n
Rising river levels are overwhelming Ksar El Kebir\u2019s drainage system; extra teams and pumps have been deployed to stop wastewater from backing up into homes.<\/p>\n
Emergency crews intervened at key public facilities, including a local hospital, where patients and staff were evacuated due to water infiltration and access issues.<\/p>\n
Morocco\u2019s Royal Armed Forces have also established emergency camps and are relocating families, in accordance with royal instructions, to support residents affected by severe flooding.<\/p>\n
The president of the municipal council, Mohamed Simo, has urged people in high\u2011risk areas to evacuate immediately to higher ground, warning that a dam has exceeded its discharge capacity.<\/p>\n
Public buildings such as youth centres, schools, and cultural centres are being converted into shelters, with authorities promising food supplies, blankets, bedding, and emergency aid for all evacuees.<\/p>\n
Northwestern Morocco is experiencing swollen rivers and flooding in several towns; as a precaution, T\u00e9touan\u2013Sania R\u2019mel Airport was temporarily closed from Thursday for safety checks.<\/p>\n
The General Directorate of Meteorology is forecasting more showers, heavy rain and strong winds on Friday across several provinces, keeping the risk of further flooding high.<\/p>\n
Additional sources \u2022 Agencies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavy rains in northern Morocco have pushed authorities in Ksar El Kebir to raise the flood alert to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-398784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}