00:00Good evening and welcome to a new episode of your show, What's Happening.
00:05Today is Saturday the 19th of, the 19th of, and today is also the 8th of Rabi Al-San.
00:19Let me take you all to the Maghreb, specifically to Algeria, which witnessed powerful, very powerful floods yesterday, both today
00:28and yesterday.
00:30Let me start with these very powerful floods from yesterday, and specifically, let me take you with me to the
00:35province of Tizi-Uzu in Algeria, I believe in northern Algeria.
00:40By the way, there was an earthquake, I forgot to mention it today, that struck Algeria in northern Algeria near
00:47Tizi-Uzu yesterday.
00:49The earthquake had a magnitude of 3.3 on the Richter scale.
00:53Well, God willing, I'll remember to tell you about it, or specifically, it was north of the coastal Algerian city
01:00of Cheraga, with a magnitude of 3.1 on the Richter scale, and they felt it.
01:06Some people felt it in the capital city of Algiers.
01:09This tremor occurred today, roughly at dawn today, around 3 o'clock in the morning, early this Saturday.
01:15But the issue is not the tremor, it's what happened in conjunction with this earthquake.
01:21Yesterday, there were massive floods witnessed in the city of Tizi-Uzu, or rather, the province of Tizi-Uzu.
01:28Let's take a look at this clip together, which documented the rising water levels in this province, submerging numerous streets
01:36and vehicles here in the floodwaters of Tizi-Uzu.
01:41If anyone is watching us from over there, please write to us in the comments.
01:46And also, let's go check out another clip together, specifically from the province of Eindafla.
01:55Let's see how it got submerged.
01:58The extremely heavy rains caused the wedding hall to be flooded.
02:03I believe this was yesterday, Friday, due to the torrential rains, torrents, and floods, a wedding hall was completely submerged.
02:12And the strange thing about it is that the groom's family, or the guests who came to attend the wedding
02:19or this celebration, didn't just pack up and run away.
02:22Even though the water reached up to their shins and rose significantly, they insisted on carrying on with the wedding
02:29party, determined not to let anything, absolutely anything, interrupt the celebration.
02:34God forbid, the groom says later, it was a rainy night, it was a dark night, God sent me a
02:40sign, but I didn't listen, I definitely shouldn't have started.
02:43We wish all the best for the newlyweds, not just in Eindafla.
02:47Let's head over to the Tipaza province and the city of Kolea, where massive flash floods also eat the roads
02:56there.
02:58Following heavy torrential downpours, civil protection units were forced to intervene, working with all their might to pump out and
03:06drain the floodwaters.
03:09But what can you tell me about the weather in the Maghreb countries, even just a brief overview?
03:18It seems that the volatile weather conditions will continue across large parts of the Maghreb.
03:25These fluctuations started specifically two days ago, and according to this satellite image on screen, they began two days ago
03:34in Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria.
03:37Forecasts indicate they will unfortunately continue.
03:42There is a risk of very heavy rainfall, flash floods, and flooding over the next few hours and through next
03:48Sunday.
03:50Take care of yourselves.
03:52In any case, that was everything.
03:54That's all from me.
03:55I'm Abhad Dara, host of the What's Happening show.
03:58Wishing you all the best.
04:00Stay safe.
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