Morocco drought: Satellite images show vital Al Massira reservoir is shrinking - BBC News

Satellite images reveal the impact of the long drought on one of the country's main water sources.

14 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsClimateImage source, AFPImage caption, Much of the reservoir bed is now just cracked earthBy Sophie AbdullaBBC NewsMorocco's second-largest reservoir that serves some of its major cities and has been central to farm irrigation is drying up, according to satellite images analysed by the BBC.

Al Massira Dam, which sits around halfway between Casablanca and Marrakesh, contains just 3% of the average amount of water that was there nine years ago, figures show.

Six consecutive years of drought and climate change, which causes record temperatures that lead to more evaporation, have threatened water supplies across the North African nation and hit agriculture and the economy in general.

The satellite images that the BBC looked at were taken in the same month, March, over successive years from 2018 to 2024.

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