The countryside is bathed in white. Heavy snow falls above the heights of Al Hoceima (photos)
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Fikri Ould Ali – Heba Press
Since the General Directorate of Meteorology announced, in an alert bulletin, that it was forecasting snowfall in several regions of Morocco, the Regional Directorate of Equipment and Water of Al Hoceima has taken the initiative to take a set of proactive measures in anticipation of an emergency situation. that may occur on roads and highways in light of these weather conditions.
In this race, the Regional Directorate of Equipment and Water in Al-Hascema worked to mobilize its human resources and the different mechanisms involved in movement and evacuation, while concentrating efforts on the road axes concerned. by these falls in the Katama district, such as regional road 5204 linking the communities of Tarquist and Chaqran, and national road No. 02 linking the community of Moulay Ahmed and Bab Bard.
The regional director of Equipment and Water, Youssef Al-Suhaimi, revealed that the interests of the management have worked since the night of Sunday, January 5, 2025, to provide a certain number of machines intended for snow removal, and teams of workers affiliated with the Equipment sprayed three tons of salt used for this purpose, that is to say to melt the snow, at the level of the Moulay Ahmed Al road Sharif to the limits of Bab Bard.
The same official explained that the different services of the Directorate of Equipment, with the instructions of the worker and the cooperation of the authorities, and since the General Directorate of Meteorology published a bulletin of investigation on snowfall at heights reaching or exceeding 1,700 meters, hastened to recruit their crews. intervention teams, whether workers or workers. Mechanisms are in place to anticipate these exceptional weather conditions, and to ensure that traffic takes place in appropriate conditions.
For reference, the province of Al Hoceima has experienced, over the last 24 hours, significant snowfall covering various high mountain areas, particularly in the district of Katama, due to the Atlantic depression that experienced Morocco from last Sunday evening, and the depression which gave rains to the northern and northern regions of the western part of the Kingdom, in particular the coasts and the Atlantic plains, as well as the Mediterranean front and the countryside .
