{"id":750455,"date":"2026-02-08T11:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T11:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/750455\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T11:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T11:25:12","slug":"morocco-still-battling-disastrous-floods-rescue-efforts-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/750455\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco still battling disastrous floods, rescue efforts underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>More than 140 000 people in total have been evacuated as authorities attempt to bring the population to safety following disastrous downpours in the north of the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several provinces in northern Morocco were placed in weather alert warnings by authorities after heavy downpours over the past days flooded large parts of the zone.<\/p>\n<p>Around 140 000 inhabitants in total were evacuated to rescue them from flooding.<\/p>\n<p>But for some, the precautionary measures came too late. In Ksar El-K\u00e9bir, several residents had to be rescued from roofs after the water levels rose quickly.<\/p>\n<p>The rain notably led the water level of Wadi Al-Makhazin Dam to rise significantly. The increase is due to strong inflows from the Loukkos River basin, raising concerns about potential flooding in nearby areas.<\/p>\n<p>Local authorities are closely monitoring the situation and managing water releases to reduce pressure on the dam and protect downstream communities.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities and emergency services have also launched aerial operations to ensure the delivery of essential supplies, including food and drinking water, while assessment teams continue to monitor the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 140 000 people in total have been evacuated as authorities attempt to bring the population to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[728,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-750455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116034766410625265","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}