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Morocco issues orange storm alert for several provinces

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Morocco’s General Directorate of Meteorology has placed several provinces on orange alert for thunderstorms, with a risk of hail and strong gusts. Expected rainfall totals are 30 to 40 millimetres between Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the DGM bulletin reported by MAP.

Morocco’s General Directorate of Meteorology has placed several provinces on orange alert for thunderstorms that could bring 30 to 40 mm of rain, with a risk of hail and strong gusts, on Tuesday and Wednesday.

On Tuesday, rainfall is expected from 9.15am to 11pm in southern provinces including Guelmim, Tata, Tarfaya and Laâyoune. From noon to 11pm, the alert covers Marrakech, Essaouira, Ouarzazate, Béni Mellal, Nador and Tétouan, among others, according to a bulletin from the General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM), reported by MAP.

On Wednesday, showers are forecast from midnight to noon in the provinces of El Jadida, Safi, Kénitra, Larache, Tanger-Assilah and Tétouan, as well as several other provinces in the north and centre. An orange alert was also issued in several Moroccan provinces on 2 November, according to the previous alert.

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