Four people, including a two-year-old child, were killed after their car was swept away by sudden flooding in northern Morocco, authorities said on Sunday, adding that a fifth person remained missing as heavy rain continued to batter the region.

Issued on: 08/02/2026 - 22:58

By: FRANCE 24 People sit on tractors as they are evacuated from the flood waters in the Sidi Kacem region, in northwestern Morocco on February 5, 2026. More than 100,000 people have been evacuated since January 30, 2026. © AFP Four people including a two-year-old child died after being swept away by floods in northern Morocco, authorities said on Sunday, adding that a fifth person was missing.

The Moroccan authorities had, until this point, not reported any casualties, but said they had evacuated over 150,000 people since the flooding started.

The four dead were in a car in Tetouan when the vehicle was caught in "sudden flooding" on a road near a major river, officials said in a statement.

Search teams first recovered the bodies of a 14-year-old girl and the two-year-old child on Saturday night, the statement said.

A drone view of a flooded area, after heavy rainfall raised water levels in the region, in Ksar El Kebir, Morocco, in this screengrab from a handout video obtained on February 6, 2026. The Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. Verification: Reuters confirmed the location by road layouts and buildings which matched file satellite imagery. The date of the footage could not be verified. © The Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie, Reuters Two more bodies, those of a 12-year-old boy and a man in this thirties, were found on Sunday morning.

The search for the fifth person was ongoing, the statement added.

Provinces across northwestern Morocco have been battered by heavy rainfall over the past week.

The national weather service forecast further bad weather through Tuesday.

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