Floods in Moroccan City

A Moroccan official announced on Monday that approximately 70 percent of those affected and threatened by floods in the city of Ksar El Kebir (north) have been evacuated following the rising water levels of the Loukkos River.

The mayor of Ksar El Kebir, Mohamed Simou, told the Anadolu Agency that “authorities completed the evacuation of those affected and threatened by the floods in the Ksar El Kebir province on Monday evening, representing about 70 percent of the city’s population.”

Moroccan authorities are continuing their “maximum mobilization” to mitigate the impact of the floods in the northern city of Ksar El Kebir, with the army deployed to assist residents of affected areas.

Simou noted that “between 60 and 70 percent of the city’s residents live in neighborhoods affected or threatened by flooding, and nearly 100 percent have been evacuated.”

He added: “Residents of the remaining neighborhoods not threatened by flooding are living safely and securely.”