Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0042
MOROCCO - FLOODS
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
31 JANUARY 1996
1. DHA/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN
RABAT REPORTS THAT MOROCCO IS SUFFERING SEVERE FLOODING FOLLOWING TWO MONTHS
OF ALMOST UNINTERRUPTED HEAVY RAINS. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED, ACCORDING
TO COMMITTEE SET UP AT MINISTRY OF INTERIOR TO MONITOR RAINFALL AND WEATHER
FORECASTS.
2. IFRC REPORTED ON 26 JANUARY THAT SEVEN
PREFECTURES AND ELEVEN PROVINCES IN PARTICULAR HAD BEEN BADLY AFFECTED
AND THAT SOME 60,000 PEOPLE HAD LOST THEIR HOMES OR BELONGINGS IN FLOODS.
