Floods in southern Morocco have swept away a bus, leaving two passengers dead and 14 others missing, local authorities said Saturday.
Torrential rains earlier this month triggered floods that killed at least 18 people in areas of southern Morocco that straddle the Sahara desert.
Regional authorities in Tata province said heavy rainstorms late Friday led to "exceptional" floods that caused houses to collapse and swept away the bus.
A statement which gave the toll of dead and missing said 13 others were rescued.
The rare heavy rains come as the North African kingdom grapples with its worst drought in nearly 40 years, threatening its economically crucial agriculture sector.
Ten people died in Morocco at the weekend when floodwaters swept away a bus in the country's south, authorities said, raising the toll from the previously reported two dead.
Initially, the authorities said heavy rainstorms in Tata province late Friday had claimed two lives and left 14 people missing.
But since then the bodies of eight others had been found and another 13 were rescued, a health ministry official told the MAP state news agency.
Seven people were still missing, the same source said.
Earlier this month, torrential rains triggered floods that killed at least 18 people in areas of southern Morocco that straddle the Sahara desert.
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Comment: Update September 23
AFP reports: About 2 weeks prior: At least 18 dead amid flash floods sweeping various regions in Morocco - a years' worth of rain in 2 days