At least 37 people have been killed in a flash flood in the drought-stricken coastal town of Safi, Morocco, marking the country’s deadliest such disaster in at least a decade, local officials said Monday.
A muddy torrent Sunday swept cars and bins from the streets in Safi, which is around 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of the capital Rabat.
Fourteen survivors are being treated at Mohammed V hospital in the town and two of them are in intensive care, according to local officials updating the overnight toll.
Schools have been closed for at least three days and mud and debris clog the streets.
"I've lost all my clothes. Only my neighbor gave me some to cover myself. I have nothing left. I've lost everything," one victim told Agence France-Presse (AFP), asking not to give her name.
