Solidarity foundation donates foods, blankets to flood victims

The Mohammed V Solidarity Foundation has donated 550 packages of foodstuffs and 550 blankets to some families victim of the floods that affected the province of Settat, south of Casablanca, last week.

The goods were handed out on Friday and Saturday to families from Had Soualem, Sidi El Mekki, Lahsasna and Oulad Abbou in the presence of a representative of the foundation and the interim Governor of Settat.

The delegation visited the affected areas and got informed on the floods-caused damages.

Eight persons were reported dead in the province of Settat and five others in the Atlantic province of Essaouira following the floods that also caused the collapse of several dwellings. In the city of Berrechid, south of Casablanca, some 31 industrial units were inundated.