The Kingdom is suffocating under a heat wave episode. Placed under orange alert, a large part of Moroccan territory is facing extreme temperatures that could climb up to 45°C. This stifling situation will persist at least until Wednesday, May 27.
Morocco will experience a heat wave until Saturday across much of the national territory, with temperatures that could reach 44 degrees in certain regions.
After an episode of unusual coolness, Morocco is about to experience an early and intense heat wave . Starting this Tuesday, temperatures will soar, driven by a scorching mass of air coming straight from the Sahara.
In Morocco, the avocado production sector, like many other sectors, has been severely affected by the wave of extreme heat and the "Chergui" phenomenon that has hit the kingdom this summer.
Temperatures reaching 49.2°C were recorded in early August in the city of Laâyoune, in the Moroccan Sahara, the Moroccan Directorate General of Meteorology (DGM) announced on Monday.
The city of Essaouira was the second hottest in the world on Tuesday, August 12, with a temperature of 47.9°C, according to El Dorado Weather, a real-time weather monitoring platform. Three other Moroccan cities are on this list.
A heat wave coming from Morocco has been hitting France since this Friday. Temperatures up to 40 degrees are expected.
During this period of intense heat, the residents of Hautepierre, a working-class neighborhood in Strasbourg, are rushing to the swimming pool to enjoy a refreshing dip or setting up gardens at the foot of the buildings. Among them are Moroccans.
Three Moroccan cities are among the 15 cities that recorded the highest temperatures in the world on Sunday morning, according to the Eldorado Weather website, which specializes in weather forecasts.
A new episode of intense heat is expected in France next week due to hot air coming from Morocco.
A taste of summer. A heat wave is expected from tomorrow, Tuesday, until Friday in several Moroccan regions, the General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM) has just warned.
A French tourist in his sixties lost his life while leading a motorcycle expedition in the desert of M’Hamid El Ghizlane, in the province of Zagora.