Amzouza floods in Shishawa leave 3 dead by drowning and a fourth missing

At least three people drowned and a fourth person went missing in sudden floods that hit the Amzouda community of Sheshawa province since the early hours of Sunday morning, after heavy rainfall and torrential floods turned a number of the community's roundabouts into disaster areas. According to local sources, after the official announcement of the death of a young girl drowning in Tamazirat roundabout, local media sources received data that an 18-year-old young girl drowned in Ait Ahsane roundabout, while The body of a third 15-year-old boy hailing from the Tourge roundabout, washed away by floodwaters, was found near the Avensa roundabout. Toll of victims of floods in Chichaoua province Victim Rotating age Case Child Unspecified Tamazirat Death by drowning (official announcement) Young woman 18 years Ait Ahsan Death by drowning Boy 15 years Tourge (his body was found near Avansa) Drowning of a fourth unspecified person Unspecified Missing, and the search is continuing Orange air alert covering other regions of the Kingdom The Chichaoua tragedy comes amid weather fluctuations Multiple regions of Morocco, as the Directorate General of Meteorology, in its warning bulletin No. 2026/211 of the orange alert level, warned of strong thunderstorms accompanied by hail and wind gusts in the coming hours, accompanied by rainfall ranging between 25 and 40 mm, which will affect workers and other regions, including Fez, Taza, Khenifra, Beni Mellal, Azilal, Meknes, and Ifrane Wastat, within a list of about 26 regions and workers. The fragility of the infrastructure in the mountainous roundabouts and the tragedy of the crisis brings to the fore the fragility of the structure under a number of mountainous roundabouts in Shishawa province, where trails and valleys turn into real traps that threaten the lives of the population, especially children and women, with each wave of rainfall. Amzouda was not the only victim of this harsh weather these days, as similar floods in Zagora province had previously left a miner dead and rescued four tourists who were stuck in their cars. Civil protection teams and local authorities, along with the population, continue to search for the fourth missing person, amid great difficulties caused by the strength of the current Weather fluctuations continue, while the authorities have not yet issued a final outcome of the tragedy.