KENITRA, Morocco: In the Moroccan village of Ouled Salama, 63-year-old farmer Mohamed Reouani waded through his crops, now submerged by floodwaters after days of heavy downpours.
Farmers in the North African kingdom have endured severe drought for the past few years.
But floods have now swamped more than 100,000 hectares of land, wiping out key crops and forcing farmers in the country’s northwest to flee with their livestock.
“I have about four or five hectares” of crops, Reouani said. “All of it is gone now.”
“Still, praise be to God for this blessing,” he added while looking around at the water.
