{"id":68192,"date":"2014-11-24T16:30:12","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T16:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=68192"},"modified":"2014-11-24T16:30:12","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T16:30:12","slug":"morocco-hit-deadly-flash-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=68192","title":{"rendered":"Morocco hit by deadly flash floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\" class=\"introduction\">Flooding in southern Morocco has killed 32 people and six others are missing after the heavy rains, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>A girl of nine was among those who had been swept away by the raging waters of the Tamsourt River, media reports said.<\/p>\n<p>Around 100 mud-brick homes were partly or totally destroyed and 100 roads, including six national highways, were cut off in the floods, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Flash floods are fairly common in Morocco, which is popular with tourists.<\/p>\n<p>Flooding around the ancient city of Marrakesh left tour buses briefly stranded, local media reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/79232000\/jpg\/_79232039_79232033.jpg\" alt=\"Drivers and a truck are stranded in flood waters on 22 November 2014 in the southern region of Ouarzazate in Morocco\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\">Vehicles have been washed away by the floods and roads cut off<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/79232000\/jpg\/_79232040_79227265.jpg\" alt=\"A driver and his car are stranded in flood waters on 23 November 2014 in the southern region of Ouarzazate in Morocco\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\">Rescue workers are trying to reach people by boat or helicopter<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/79232000\/jpg\/_79232041_79232037.jpg\" alt=\"A driver and his car are stranded in flood waters on 23 November 2014 in the southern region of Ouarzazate in Morocco.\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\">The floods are in the south at the foot of the Anti-Atlas Mountains<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/79233000\/jpg\/_79233662_79227269.jpg\" alt=\"Firemen rescue a driver trapped in flood waters on 23 November 2014 in the southern region of Ouarzazate in Morocco. \" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\">Morocco is often hit by flash floods<\/div>\n<p>Rescue operations saved &#8220;200 people in danger, among them 40 helped by army and royal guard helicopters&#8221;, the AFP news agency quotes an interior ministry statement as saying.<\/p>\n<p>About 130 all-terrain rescue vehicles and 335 inflatable boats and other vessels were being used to search for the missing, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>In the southern city of Guelmim, 24 people were killed by a flash flood that swept through a dry river bed.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the dead and missing came from families that were trapped in vehicles swept away by the waters, the Associated Press news agency quotes local media as saying.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/79233000\/jpg\/_79233663_79232035.jpg\" alt=\"Cars move slowly through muddied flood waters beside overturned trucks on 23 November 2014 in the southern region of Ouarzazate in Morocco\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\">About 100 roads are said to have been cut off<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/79233000\/jpg\/_79233664_79227267.jpg\" alt=\"A car is carried away by flood waters on 23 November 2014 in the southern region of Ouarzazate in Morocco\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\">Families have been trapped in their vehicles<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption full-width\">Source: BBC<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flooding in southern Morocco has killed 32 people and six others are missing after the heavy rains, officials say. A girl of nine was among those who had been swept away by the raging waters of the Tamsourt River, media reports said. 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