Volunteers working for the International Federation for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies have been sent to assist at-risk families in the country’s mountainous north-western area.
Temperatures are normally spring-like at this time of year in the region, and residents there are not accustomed to severe temperature drops, which have reached low as -5 degrees Celsius this month.
Some 700,000 people are at risk from the cold snap, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warns.
That’s because of a lack of insulated homes and warm clothes. Food prices have also reportedly surged because of the loss of livestock.
The Geneva-based humanitarian groups say it has now released emergency funds to support the Moroccan government’s assistance programme, which includes the distribution of blankets, and food supplies.
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