{"id":43618,"date":"2026-01-05T12:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=43618"},"modified":"2026-01-05T12:02:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:02:03","slug":"severe-thunderstorms-heavy-rainfall-expected-across-several-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=43618","title":{"rendered":"Severe Thunderstorms, Heavy Rainfall Expected Across Several Regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Algiers, Algeria &#8211;<\/strong> DZWatch has learned that the national weather service has issued warnings for severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall affecting numerous provinces across the country. A special weather bulletin indicates that rainfall accumulations could locally exceed 70 millimeters.<\/p>\n<p>The initial warning, commencing at 3:00 PM today, Monday, is expected to remain in effect until 6:00 AM on Wednesday. Provinces included in this alert are: Tlemcen, Ain Temouchent, Oran, Mostaganem, Chlef, Tipaza, Algiers, Boumerdes, Tizi Ouzou, Bejaia, Mascara, Ain Defla, Blida, Medea, and Bouira.<\/p>\n<p>A secondary alert has also been issued, forecasting locally significant thunderstorms starting at 3:00 PM today, Monday, and continuing until dawn tomorrow, Tuesday. The provinces under this warning are: Relizane, Tissemsilt, Tiaret, Saida, Sidi Bel Abbes, El Bayadh, Naama, Bechar, Jijel, and Skikda.<\/p>\n<p><em>Residents in the affected areas are advised to take necessary precautions, including avoiding unnecessary travel, securing loose objects, and staying informed about the latest weather updates.<\/em> The weather service urges citizens to exercise caution and be prepared for potential flooding and disruptions due to the heavy rainfall and thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p>DZWatch will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as they become available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algiers, Algeria &#8211; DZWatch has learned that the national weather service has issued warnings for severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall affecting numerous provinces across the country. A special weather bulletin indicates that rainfall accumulations could locally exceed 70 milli&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43620,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43618\/revisions\/43620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}