Rabat – King Mohammed VI has ordered the government to ensure an extensive support program with an estimated budget of MAD 3 billion to assist people affected by recent floods and evacuations.
A statement from the Head of Government’s office declared the weather disruptions a state of disaster, and classified the most affected communities as disaster zones.
The four affected provinces include Larache, Kenitra, Sidi Kacem, and Sidi Slimane.
The government clarified that it has prepared a support and assistance program with an estimated budget of MAD 3 billion based on “a thorough and detailed assessment of the field situation as well as careful study of the economic and social consequences of these weather disruptions.”
The program covers housing and income support, rehabilitation of damaged homes and commercial premises, as well as the reconstruction of collapsed houses with a total amount of MAD 775 million.
The three billion budget also allocates MAD 225 million to emergency field interventions to meet the immediate basic needs of residents.
MAD 300 million will be allocated to support farmers and livestock breeders, while MAD 1.7 billion will go to investments in rehabilitating infrastructure, including roads, irrigation, hydro-agriultural networks, and basic utilities.
The King urged the government to implement the program “efficiently, swiftly, and responsibly,” enabling citizens in the disaster-affected areas to return to their normal lives as quickly as possible.
The weather disruptions have caused floods affecting over 110,000 hectares, leading to the evacuation of over 188,000 people in the affected provinces.
Heavy rainfall caused rivers to overflow in several northern provinces, forcing evacuations and prompting the temporary closure of schools in parts of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region. At least four people died near Tetouan due to the floods.
Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit said this week that the government has made disaster risk management a top priority.
Laftit added that Morocco shifted toward a more proactive approach after the 2004 Al Hoceima earthquake, moving from reacting to disasters to focusing on prevention and preparedness. According to the minister, this approach led to the adoption of the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Risk Management 2030.
