Rabat - Ongoing rescue operations have helped save 113 people in flood-stricken areas in the southern regions of Guelmim and Souss Massa Draa in the last 48 hours, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Thursday.
Rabat – Ongoing rescue operations have helped save 113 people in flood-stricken areas in the southern regions of Guelmim and Souss Massa Draa in the last 48 hours, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Thursday.
The source noted that 35 people were saved thanks to air rescue operations led by the Royal Armed Forces and the Royal Gendarmerie as floods continue to ravage areas in the southern regions .
As of November 20, the number of rescued people in the flood-hit areas stood at 545.
Torrential rains that poured in some Moroccan southern regions last week end have caused the death of at least 32 persons, including 24 in the province of Guelmim, who were washed away by floods, while 6 are still reported missing, according to the last toll.
