Rabat – heavy rain fell over Marrakech on Saturday evening and let the city paralyze and the residents fought for security.
The storm, which was characterized by hail and thunder outbursts, surprised many and quickly turned to familiar roads into rivers.
Despite the intervention of drainage crews Downpour overwhelmed the city’s infrastructure. Water in districts all over the city together and exceeded via sidewalks and in houses and shops. The traffic came to a standstill. Several key roads disappeared under water.
The cars stood in the middle of the street elet. The passengers sat helplessly inside when engines spent in knee -high water. In some areas, rescue teams found it difficult to move through the floods to reach people in need.
On social media, the residents released videos that showed Torrents who were racing through the streets. Shop owners watched helplessly, as water entered their shops. Families stood outside and tried to push water back from the doors or to carry their things on higher ground.
While many residents have frustrated the inability of the city to cope with the storm, others expressed gratefully for the urgently needed rain. Some Internet users wrote “Alhamdoulilah for the rain” and saw it as a blessing despite the chaos.
Nevertheless, the criticism of the state of the local infrastructure flowed. A Facebook user commented: “Only a few seconds of rain and looks at the catastrophic state located,” and pointed out what many see as long -term problems in the city’s urban planning and drainage systems.
The storm caught the city unprepared. Many people had no time to prepare, and for hours took confusion and fear. When the sky was free, the damage had already demanded its tribute, flooded houses, stranded vehicles and streets with rubble.
The authorities have not yet released a complete assessment of the damage, but the residents are faced with the consequences of a night that changed the city’s rhythm within a few minutes.
