{"id":3806,"date":"2025-12-15T12:48:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=3806"},"modified":"2025-12-15T12:48:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:48:44","slug":"dozens-killed-in-port-city-of-safi-after-heavy-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=3806","title":{"rendered":"Dozens killed in port city of Safi after heavy rains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Flash floods have killed at least 37 people in Morocco&#8217;s coastal Safi region, according to state-owned television.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Cars and mounds of rubbish were seen sweeping through the main port city of Safi after torrential rain hit on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Dozens of people have been receiving treatment in hospital for their injuries, say local authorities, and at least 70 homes have been inundated in the old city centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Local reports say access to and from the city is blocked on certain roads because of damage and debris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Residents on Sunday described it as a dark day, with one telling the AFP news agency: &#8220;I&#8217;ve lost all my clothes. Only my neighbour gave me some to cover myself. I have nothing left. I&#8217;ve lost everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Another survivor said he wanted to see government trucks at the scene to pump out the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Moroccan authorities say search and rescue missions are still under way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Experts say the climate crisis is in part responsible for the extreme weather fluctuations seen in the North African state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">It has suffered seven years of drought in a row, depleting its reservoirs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Last year was officially the hottest ever on record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">This latest, sudden downpour is expected to continue on Tuesday together with snowfall across the Atlas mountains, Morocco&#8217;s weather service warns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Dozens #killed #port #city #Safi #heavy #rains<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flash floods have killed at le&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[242],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}