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Weather warning: Heatwave, thunderstorms, hail and strong winds forecast across Morocco

From Télégraphe · () Arabic

Translated from Arabic and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Morocco’s meteorological authority issued an orange-level warning for a heatwave lasting from Thursday through Friday.
  • Temperatures could reach 42 to 45 degrees Celsius in numerous provinces and 38 to 42 degrees in others.
  • Thunderstorms with hail, strong winds and rainfall of 20 to 40 millimeters are expected in several areas during the same period.

Morocco’s General Directorate of Meteorology has issued an updated orange-level warning for a heatwave expected from Thursday through Friday across large parts of the country.

Temperatures of 42 to 45 degrees Celsius are forecast in the provinces and prefectures of Oued Ed-Dahab, Smara, Errachidia, Assa-Zag, Boujdour, Aousserd, Ouazzane, Larache, Taounate, Moulay Yacoub, Fes, Meknes, Fquih Ben Salah, Beni Mellal, Khémisset, Rehamna, Marrakesh, El Kelaâ des Sraghna, Sidi Slimane, Sidi Kacem, Kenitra, Zagora and Tata.

Temperatures of 38 to 42 degrees are expected in Youssoufia, Rabat, Salé, Khenifra, Taroudant, Khouribga, Settat, Chichaoua and Sidi Bennour on Thursday and Friday.

The directorate also forecast thunderstorms in Oued Ed-Dahab and Aousserd, producing between 20 and 40 millimeters of rain, hail and strong wind gusts from 3 p.m. Thursday until 6 a.m. Friday. Similar storms, with rainfall of 15 to 25 millimeters, are expected in El Kelaâ des Sraghna, Al Haouz, Azilal, Chichaoua, Rehamna and Marrakesh from 2 p.m. until 11 p.m. Thursday.

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Originally published by Télégraphe in Arabic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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