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00:01After seven years of severe drought, Moroccans did not expect water to arrive with such force.
00:08Just a few hours of rain were enough to turn streets into raging torrents.
00:15In the Safi province, blood waters caused by heavy rain claimed the lives of at least 37 people,
00:22amid shocking scenes of cars being swept away and people trapped by rising waters.
00:28The floods inundated around 70 homes and shops and caused extensive damage to roads,
00:35leading to traffic paralysis and a complete disruption of daily life.
00:42Moroccan authorities declared a state of emergency and launched rescue and evacuation operations,
00:49while classes were suspended at all educational institutions.
00:53The harsh irony is that this disaster struck a country exhausted by years of water scarcity and declining dam levels,
01:03with the floods exposing the fragility of infrastructure in the face of climate shocks.
01:08climate shocks.
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