{"id":4096,"date":"2026-01-06T17:36:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jeune-independant.net\/en\/?p=4096"},"modified":"2026-01-07T18:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:15:12","slug":"severe-weather-heavy-toll-in-24-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jeune-independant.net\/en\/2026\/01\/06\/severe-weather-heavy-toll-in-24-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe weather: Heavy toll in 24 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Numerous interventions were recorded over the past 24 hours following the rain and violent winds that hit the north of the country, particularly the wilayas of Algiers, Tipasa, Mostaganem, Mascara, Bouira and Tizi Ouzou. Several road axes were also affected by these weather conditions, according to a statement issued yesterday by Civil Protection.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the wilaya of Algiers, the fall of a billboard onto power lines was reported in Hassan Badi Street, in the municipality of El Harrach, without causing any casualties, the same source said, adding that Civil Protection services also intervened for two trees that fell onto vehicles. The first incident was reported in the 504 Logements housing estate in the municipality of Gu\u00e9 de Constantine, and the second in the Oued Tarfa housing estate in the municipality of Draria. In addition, a partial landslide was reported in the municipality of Bologhine, with no damage recorded, the statement added.<br \/>\n\u200b<\/p>\n<p>In the wilaya of Mostaganem, the interventions concerned the fall of tree branches and power lines in the town centre of the communes of the above\u2011mentioned wilaya and the neighbouring area of Mazagran, caused by violent winds. As for the wilaya of Tipasa, the report mentioned the fall of a tree branch onto a light vehicle in the El Kares housing estate, specifically in the municipality of Kol\u00e9a. According to Civil Protection, no casualties were recorded in this incident.<br \/>\n\u200b<\/p>\n<p>With regard to the state of road traffic, the statement also reported that several road axes were affected. Thus, in the wilaya of Mascara, National Road 17 (RN17), linking the communes of Hacine and El Mohammedia, was closed to traffic at kilometre point 54 due to rising water levels. According to the same source, National Road 33 (RN33), linking the wilayas of Tizi Ouzou and Bouira, was also closed to traffic at the locality known as Assoul, in the municipality of A\u00eft Boumahdi (wilaya of Tizi Ouzou), following an accumulation of snow. The same national road was again reported closed to traffic in the municipality of El Asnam, in the Assoul area, in the wilaya of Bouira, with Civil Protection stressing in its statement that the situation is being continuously monitored and calling on road users to remain vigilant in view of the current weather conditions.<br \/>\n\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, over the past 24 hours, Civil Protection services recorded a total of 3,105 interventions nationwide, i.e. one intervention every 27 seconds, according to official figures. These interventions mainly concerned road accidents, which left 194 people injured and five dead, as well as cases of carbon monoxide poisoning, which affected nine people and caused two deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Numerous interventions were recorded over the past 24 hours following the rain and violent winds that hit the north of the country, particularly the wilayas of Algiers, Tipasa, Mostaganem, Mascara, Bouira and Tizi Ouzou. Several road axes were also affected by these weather conditions, according to a statement issued yesterday by Civil Protection. \u200b In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-domestic"],"byline":"Khalil Aouir.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeune-independant.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeune-independant.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeune-independant.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeune-independant.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeune-independant.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4096"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeune-independant.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4098,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeune-independant.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096\/revisions\/4098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeune-independant.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeune-independant.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeune-independant.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}