6 meter waves on the Atlantic coast

Tuesday morning, Casablanca, Rabat or Mohammedia, waves 6 meters high lashed the coast, making a lot of damage and also arousing fears of a "tsunami". But these waves, as impressive as they are, are simply due to strong winds on our Atlantic coast, says El Houcine Bou Abed, the leadership of the National Meteorology, on the site of our kifach.com colleague. Tonight and tomorrow, the sea will always be "high to very high" on the Atlantic coast between Larache and Sidi Ifni, but the waves will not reach "more than" 4 meters high.


Ain Diab Casablanca was submerged by water at night from Monday to Tuesday. Restaurants cornice have suffered property damage estimated at several hundred thousand dirhams, according to the owners .

AFP found windows broken, devastated rooms , tables, chairs and fridges floating in the gardens. Port the economic capital was also impacted four boatmen were evacuated and treated at the hospital. Rabat has not escaped the effects of this weather phenomenon traffic on the coastal road was obstructed by rocks torn by the intensity of the wave . This route has even been blocked to traffic at 8:30 am .


This impressive swell, which also affected other countries like France and Portugal is due to a depression in the North Atlantic , associated with winds reaching 100 km / h , said National Weather . In Spain, three people were missing Monday night in Galicia ( northwest ), while in Portugal swell won twenty four cars and is slightly injured in Porto ( north).


In Morocco, the day Wednesday should be much quieter in the ribs . The swell will remain important , with waves up to 4 meters.

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