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While much of the rain fell on sparsely-populated remote areas, some fell on Morocco’s towns and villages causing deadly flooding last month, which killed more than a dozen people.
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Torrential downpours hit North Africa's normally arid mountains and deserts over the weekend, causing flooding that killed nearly two dozen people in Morocco and Algeria and destroyed homes and critical infrastructure.
A 2015 WHO report highlights flooding, infectious disease, heat, and air pollution as some of the many health-related impacts of climate change in Morocco. Sea-level rise drives an increased exposure to flooding events, and in turn can result in death, decreased food production, increased infectious disease outbreaks, and population ...
Todgha gorge at its narrow mouth during flooding. The last 600 metres (1,969 ft) of the Todgha gorge are the most spectacular. Here the canyon narrows to a flat stony track, in places as little as 10 metres (33 ft) wide, with sheer and smooth rock walls up to 160 metres (525 ft) high on each side.
Marrakesh flash flood Morocco: 1995 229 2024 Spanish floods: Province of Valencia, Spain: 2024 228 2007 Balochistan flood by Cyclone Yemyin: Pakistan: 2007 223 2012 North Korean floods: North Korea: 2012 225 2018 Japan floods: Japan: 2018 203+ 2017 China floods: China: 2017 200–600 1824 St. Petersburg flood: Russia: 1824 200–600 Chungar ...
USA TODAY 1 hour ago 8 dead, 1,000 rescued from Kentucky flooding as extreme weather sweeps nation; more to come. Flooding has inundated a swath of Southern states over the past 48 hours after ...
The Derna dam collapses were the catastrophic failures of two dams in Derna, Libya, on the night of 10–11 September 2023, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel.The collapse of the Derna Dam and the Abu Mansour Dam released an estimated 30 million cubic meters (39 million cubic yards) of water, [6] [7] causing flooding downstream as the Wadi Derna overflowed its banks.
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Morocco on Friday evening, causing structural damage and shaking throughout the north African country. No deaths or injuries were immediately reported in the quake ...