Intensive rain causes floods in Tinghir

Sunday, September 14, 2013

 

Intensive rain causes floods in Tinghir

By Ayoub Mouhssine

 

Tinghir- the region finally saw an intensive rain that caused floods after a very long period of drought. The rain started in the morning of Sunday 14 September and continued for 5 hours, which brought floods that stopped traffic for more than two hours in Khabbab’s bridge.

Traffic and people were stuck on both sides of Khabbab’s bridge and argued once again about problems caused by rain; they always suffer because of these floods. In addition, the lack of good infrastructure, like roads and bridges, is another reason that increases their suffering.

The work on the new bridge is very slow, and that affects people in many ways. Because the floods always stop traffic, teachers who live far from their schools couldn’t go to teach due to floods. But who is the biggest victim of these floods? Naturally, the student who misses the opportunity to learn something new from school.

Furthermore, floods brought too much water which causes damage to farmland, and that might create a financial crisis in many families that depend on agriculture. Moreover, Floods pollute potable water that it becomes scarce.

But this rain is positive on the other hand since we didn’t see it for ages .The period of drought made people afraid, especially farmers who can’t live without their agricultural products that guarantee their daily food.