Flash floods triggered by intense thunderstorms killed 14 people in Morocco’s Safi province on Sunday and injured 32 others, local authorities said in an updated toll, as rescue teams continued searching for possible missing people and securing damaged areas.
Most of the injured were treated and released, while the remaining cases were kept under medical observation, the authorities said, without detailing where the deaths occurred or identifying the victims.
The updated toll came hours after an earlier official statement cited seven deaths and 20 injuries following what authorities described as exceptional flood flows during a short period of time.
Local outlets in Safi reported significant material damage across parts of the city after heavy rain, including flooding in several neighborhoods and public concern as water rushed through streets.
Local reporting, citing initial official figures, also said runoff inundated dozens of homes and shops in the old city, swept away around 10 cars and disrupted road links, including a section of the provincial road connecting Safi to the Ahrara commune.
Morocco’s national weather service had issued an orange level alert for heavy rain of 20 to 40 millimeters in Safi and other provinces from 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday.
As the storm system affected the region, Safi’s provincial education directorate announced a full suspension of classes on Monday, Dec. 15, as a precaution and after consultations with local authorities, according to Moroccan media reports.
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