A heatwave and stormy showers accompanied with hailstorms and substorm wind gusts are expected from Thursday to Sunday in several Moroccan provinces, the General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM) announced in an orange-level alert bulletin.
Scorching heat (44 – 47°C) are forecast from Thursday to Sunday in the provinces of Tata, Taroudant, Assa-Zag, Es-Semara, Oued Ed-Dahab, Boujdour, and Aousserd, according to the same source.
During the same period, temperatures between 40 and 44°C will hit the provinces of Fquih Ben Salah, Beni Mellal, Kelaa Sraghna, Rehamna, Settat, Chichaoua, Marrakech, Youssoufia, Azilal, Al Haouz, Tan-Tan, Guelmim, and Laâyoune, the DGM adds.
The heatwave will concern, from Friday to Sunday, the provinces of Essaouira, Safi, Sidi Bennour, Inezgane-Ait Melloul, Chtouka-Ait Baha, Agadir-Ida-Ou-Tanane, Tiznit, Sidi Ifni, and Tarfaya, where temperatures will fluctuate between 40 and 44°C.
Thunderstorms with hail and gusts of winds are expected on Thursday from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m, with rainfall (20-35 mm) in the provinces of Azilal, Boulemane, Ouarzazate, Taroudant, Taourirt, Guercif, Taza, Khénifra, Al Haouz, Ifrane, and Tinghir, and 15-20 mm in Tiznit, Midelt, Beni Mellal, and Tata.
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