According to an orange alert bulletin from the General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM), heavy localized rain (25-70mm), and strong wind gusts (70-95 km/h) are expected Friday, January 19, in several of the Kingdom’s provinces.
These heavy rains will be witnessed from 4 a.m. to 9 p.m., in the provinces of Tetouan, Chefchaouen, Al Hoceima (40-70 mm), Ouezzane, Larache, Taounate, Taza, Tangier-Assilah, Fahs-Anjra and M’Diq- Fnideq (25-40 mm).
Strong gusts of wind with blowing dust (70-95 km/h) are also forecast in the provinces of Azilal, Al Haouz and Chichaoua, from midnight to 2 p.m.
The provinces of Larache, M’Diq-Fnideq, Fahs-Anjra, Ouezzane, Tanger-Assilah, El Hajeb, Meknes, Fez, Moulay Yacoub, Taounate, Salé, Rabat, Skhirate-Témara, Kenitra, Sidi Slimane, Sidi Kacem, Khemisset, Mediouna, Casablanca, Benslimane, Mohammadia, Nouaceur, Khénifra, Ifrane, Sefrou and Errachidia will be affected by the same strong gusts, the same day from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Strong gusts of wind with blowing dust are also forecast in the provinces of Chefchaouen, Al Hoceima, Tétouan, Nador, Berkane, Figuig, Driouch, Jerada, Oujda-Angad, Taourirt, Guercif, Boulemane, Taza, Midelt, Ouarzazate and Tinghir from 4 a.m. to midnight, and in Aousserd and Oued Ed-Dahab, from noon to midnight.