Rabat - Following the unprecedented flooding that hit many regions of southern and south-eastern Morocco this weekend King Mohammed VI called on the government to take the necessary urgent measures to provide all forms of support and assistance to the affected people.
"Following the flood that hit several regions of the Kingdom, including the region of Guelmim, which resulted in several casualties and missing and extensive damage, His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist him, gave His High Instructions to the competent authorities to take all necessary urgent measures to provide all forms of support and assistance to affected populations, "the statement said.
The statement added that the Moroccan monarch will also bear the cost of the burial and funeral of the 16 people who died, as well as of those who resulted injured.
"While sharing the pains of the families of victims and missing persons and in order to alleviate their suffering following this cruel loss, the Sovereign decided to bear the cost of the burial and funeral of the victims, as well as of the injured," the statement added.