Atlas and Rif mountains blocked by snow

For the past two days snow has blocked several roads in the Rif and Atlas mountains, in north and central Morocco. A communiqué from the Transports Ministry said that between 15 to 40 cm fell in these regions on January 16 and 17.

The snow fell on more than 1,710 km of roads, including 347 km of main routes, the communiqué said adding notably that the roads linking Chefchaouen and Al Hoceima, (North) Marrakech and Ouarzazate, (South) Imouzer and Ifrane, El Hajeb and Midelt (Center) were closed to traffic.

The Ministry said the 13 territorial relevant services in these regions are clearing the snow to return road traffic to normal and advising drivers and people to be cautious when traveling.

The services have maintained traffic flow on the main routes and organized convoys to prevent cars being stranded in other roads, the Ministry said.

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