Snow disrupts traffic in several provinces, and the Ministry of Equipment intervenes

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

Heba Press

The snowfall, which began on Friday December 27, 2024, led to the interruption of a number of national and regional roads in several provinces, which required the intervention of the Ministry of Equipment and local authorities to open the roads and restore traffic.

The Directorate of Works and Road Operations of the Ministry of Equipment revealed that 5 national roads, one regional road and one regional road experienced interruptions due to snowfall in the provinces of Ifrane, Azilal, Midelt and Tinghir.

According to the management, 5 roads were open until 10 p.m. Sunday, namely: national road 13 between Azrou and Timahdit, national road 13 linking Timahdit and Ait Oufla, national road 13 between Midelt and Rish, national road 12 between Imilchil, Bozmo and Akoudal, and national road 13 between Midelt and Al-Rich Regional 703 between Akoudal and Ait Hani.

While efforts are still underway to open regional road 302 between Tizi Netdghiste and Zaouia Ahansal, and regional road 7231 between Hiri, Michliven and Ifrane.

The General Directorate of Meteorology had warned in an alert bulletin of an “orange” alert level for snowfall in several high plateaus, where the thickness of the snow will vary between 15 and 35 cm in areas above 1,800 meters, particularly in the provinces of Azilal, Tinghir, Al Haouz and Ouarzazate.

Snow depth is expected to vary between 5 and 10 cm in the regions of Midelt, Taroudant, Beni Mellal and Ifrane until next Monday.