{"id":5566,"date":"2025-12-16T07:06:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T07:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=5566"},"modified":"2025-12-16T07:06:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T07:06:47","slug":"moroccos-safi-counts-the-cost-in-aftermath-of-deadly-flash-floods-floods-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=5566","title":{"rendered":"Morocco\u2019s Safi counts the cost in aftermath of deadly flash floods | Floods News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 16 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">16 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Search and rescue operations were continuing in the Moroccan town of Safi after flash floods killed at least 37 people.<\/p>\n<p>Drought-hit Morocco often experiences severe weather, but Sunday\u2019s flooding in the coastal town is the deadliest such disaster in at least a decade.<\/p>\n<p>A muddy torrent swept cars and bins from the streets of Safi, which lies roughly 300km (190 miles) south of the capital, Rabat.<\/p>\n<p>The General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM), Morocco\u2019s national weather forecaster, has warned that further thunderstorms are likely over the next three days in several regions, including Safi.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors are still receiving treatment at the town\u2019s Mohammed V Hospital, with two remaining in intensive care, according to local officials.<\/p>\n<p>Schools have been closed as mud and debris continue to clog the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Safi is known as a centre for arts and crafts, particularly terracotta pottery, and its streets were left strewn with shattered bowls and tajines.<\/p>\n<p>The Moroccan prosecutor\u2019s office has opened an investigation to determine whether anyone bears responsibility for the scale of the damage, according to the official news agency MAP.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing parliament, Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch said: \u201cThirty-seven millimetres (1.5 inches) of rain fell in a short period, hitting the historic Bab Chabaa district of Safi, which is crossed by a river, and causing the deaths of numerous merchants and workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the waters receded, a landscape of mud and overturned cars was revealed. Civil Protection units and residents soon started clearing the debris.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco is enduring its seventh consecutive year of severe drought, and last year was the North African kingdom\u2019s hottest on record.<\/p>\n<p>Climate change has made storms more intense, as a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture and warmer seas can spur weather systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published On 16 Dec 202516 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Search and rescue operations were continuing in the Moroccan town of Safi after flash floods killed at least 37 people. 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