Four dead, one missing in Morocco flood
The Moroccan authorities had, until this point, not reported any casualties, but said they had evacuated over 150,000 people since the flooding started.
Residents stand in a doorway of a building surveying the flooded street in the Sidi Kacem region, in northwestern Morocco on February 5, 2026. (Photo by AFP)
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RABAT — Four people including a two-year-old child died after being swept away by floods in northern Morocco, authorities said on Sunday, adding that a fifth person was missing.
The Moroccan authorities had, until this point, not reported any casualties, but said they had evacuated over 150,000 people since the flooding started.
The four dead were in a car in Tetouan when the vehicle was caught in "sudden flooding" on a road near a major river, officials said in a statement.
Search teams first recovered the bodies of a 14-year-old girl and the two-year-old child on Saturday night, the statement said.
Two more bodies, those of a 12-year-old boy and a man in this thirties, were found on Sunday morning.
The search for the fifth person was ongoing, the statement added.
Provinces across northwestern Morocco have been battered by heavy rainfall over the past week.
The national weather service forecast further bad weather through Tuesday.