Flood in Morocco

As many as you already know, tragedy has struck Tariks homeland. There was a flash flood last Thursday and Friday causing many deaths, a tremendous loss of livestock trees, property and houses. Sadly, Tariks grandmother was one of the casualties. She woke her husband and got him to high ground before going back down into the house for reasons of which we are not aware. She never came back and the family found her body inside what was left of the house. They were relieved to find her body in good shape. She was not filled with water and somehow did not have any scratches or signs of trauma. She was in the prayer position which makes me wonder if she spent her last moments praying.

Of course, Tariks family is in great mourning right now. Currently, they are busy handling funeral arrangements in addition the enormous humanitarian issues that have taken place in their back yard. The flood completely destroyed the bridge that they had been using. Several people's homes are under water. Most of the villagers are staying with relatives and neighbors. I suppose his village was relatively lucky, because there was at least one village that was completely washed away. All that's left is desert. I don't know what those people are doing. I've been told that the government is setting up tents in a refugee camp-like fashion. It's hard to get any details other than what Tariks brother tells us. The news doesn't give a lot of information. I will update this blog as information comes in. We will hopefully be getting pictures and details of ways that we can help.