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Roads are cleared after heavy snows

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

DrivingGood news for car drivers in Morocco. Almost 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) of road have been cleared of snow.

Exceptionally heavy snowfalls since last Friday made some roads pretty hard to navigate, particularly in the Atlas and Rif mountains. Although no roads were completely closed, traffic slowed to a crawl along many stretches.

The ministry of Transport announced today that snow crews had cleared most of the roads by this morning. With rising temperatures, most snow should disappear over the next few days.

When it rains…

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Storm over the Strait, ferries cancelled

Monday, January 29th, 2007