{"id":43776,"date":"2026-01-05T20:01:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=43776"},"modified":"2026-01-05T20:01:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:01:29","slug":"heavy-snowfall-warning-issued-for-several-algerian-provinces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=43776","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Snowfall Warning Issued for Several Algerian Provinces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DZWatch Exclusive:<\/strong> The Algerian Meteorological Office has issued a severe weather warning for heavy snowfall across numerous provinces, particularly affecting areas above 800 meters in altitude.<\/p>\n<p>Significant snowfall is anticipated, with accumulations potentially reaching 15 centimeters in lower-lying areas. Higher elevations, including the Chrea, Djurdjura, Babors, and Ouarsenis mountain ranges, could see accumulations exceeding 25 centimeters.<\/p>\n<p>The snowfall is expected to commence around midday on Tuesday and persist through midday on Wednesday. A wide swath of provinces will be impacted, including Tlemcen, Naama, El Bayadh, Sidi Bel Abbes, Tiaret, Saida, Mascara, Tissemsilt, Ain Defla, Medea, Blida, Tipaza, Laghouat, Djelfa, M&#8217;Sila, Bouira, Tizi Ouzou, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Jijel, Bejaia, and Setif.<\/p>\n<p>A separate warning has been issued for areas above 900 meters, predicting snow accumulations of up to 10 centimeters. This warning is in effect from 11:00 PM on Tuesday until midday on Wednesday. Provinces affected by this secondary warning include Mila, Constantine, Skikda, Guelma, Souk Ahras, Oum El Bouaghi, Batna, and Khenchela.<\/p>\n<p><em>Residents in the affected areas are advised to take necessary precautions and stay informed about the latest weather updates.<\/em><\/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>DZWatch Exclusive: The Algerian Meteorological Office has issued a severe weather warning for heavy snowfall across numerous provinces, particularly affecting areas above 800 meters in altitude.Significant snowfall is anticipated, with accumulations potentially reaching 15&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43777,"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":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43776","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\/43776","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=43776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43778,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43776\/revisions\/43778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}