{"id":50567,"date":"2026-01-26T11:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=50567"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:01:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:01:58","slug":"severe-weather-alert-heavy-rains-and-high-winds-across-algeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=50567","title":{"rendered":"Severe Weather Alert: Heavy Rains and High Winds Across Algeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DZWatch Exclusive:<\/strong> Several regions of Algeria are under a severe weather alert today, experiencing heavy thunderstorms and strong winds. The national meteorological service has issued multiple warnings, urging residents to take precautions.<\/p>\n<p>The first alert, valid until midday, covers the following provinces: Mostaganem, Chlef, Mascara, Relizane, Tiaret, Tissemsilt, Ain Defla, Tipaza, Algiers, Boumerdes, Blida, Medea, and Bouira. These areas can expect significant rainfall, potentially reaching 40 to 50 millimeters locally.<\/p>\n<p>A second warning indicates continued heavy thunderstorms, with rainfall exceeding 50 millimeters in some areas, until 11:00 PM tonight. This alert applies to Tizi Ouzou, Bejaia, Jijel, Skikda, Annaba, El Tarf, Setif, Guelma, and Souk Ahras.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Batna, Oum El Bouaghi, Constantine, Mila, and Bordj Bou Arreridj are forecast to experience considerable thunderstorms locally until midday.<\/p>\n<p>Strong winds, exceeding 90 km\/h, are expected to persist until 3:00 PM in Tlemcen, Sidi Bel Abbes, Saida, Tiaret, Naama, El Bayadh, Laghouat, Djelfa, M&#8217;Sila, Ouled Djellal, Ain Temouchent, Oran, Mostaganem, Mascara, Relizane, Chlef, Tipaza, Algiers, Boumerdes, Tizi Ouzou, Bejaia, Jijel, Skikda, Annaba, and El Tarf.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a separate warning is in effect from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, cautioning about strong winds and significant sandstorms in Biskra, El M&#8217;Ghair, El Oued, Touggourt, Ouargla, Ghardaia, and Illizi. Motorists and individuals with respiratory issues are advised to exercise extra caution in these areas. <em>Stay tuned to DZWatch for updates as this weather system develops.<\/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: Several regions of Algeria are under a severe weather alert today, experiencing heavy thunderstorms and strong winds. The national meteorological service has issued multiple warnings, urging residents to take precautions.<\/p>\n<p>The first alert, valid until mi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50568,"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":11,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50567","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\/50567","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=50567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50569,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50567\/revisions\/50569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}