Join on WhatsApp 
Join on Telegram Rabat — Next week, Morocco will witness a heatwave that could reach 42 degrees Celsius in several provinces, according to the country’s weather office.
The General Directorate of Meteorology reported today that temperatures ranging between 38 and 42 degrees will hit Chichaoua, Marrakech, Rehamna, Khemisset, Youssoufia, Beni Mellal, and Fquih Ben Saleh, among other regions.
The same weather will also reach Aousserd, Oued Eddahab, Assa0Zag, Es-Semara, Tata, Taroudant, Sidi Kacem, and Sidi Slimane.
El Kelaa Seraghna and Settat will also experience the rise in temperatures, the directorate concluded.
Similar weather patterns are common towards the end of the month of May, the gateway to the summer season.
However, the temperatures are not good news for Morocco’s agriculture as well as its water security. The country’s dams‘ filling rate has been reported at low levels with the ongoing drought that has been hitting the country for at least six seasons in a row.
March witnessed important rainfall that helped to mitigate this problem slightly, reviving dams and helping the country’s water sources and agriculture.
Earlier this month, Minister of Water Nizar Baraka stressed that the average dam filling rate currently stands at 40.3%.
He said that the rainfall increase allowed the mobilization of 6.7 billion cubic meters of water, equivalent to one and a half years of potable water consumption.
Previous data in February suggested that water resources in Morocco did not exceed 4.6 billion cubic meters, with a filling rate of 28%.
