{"id":50919,"date":"2026-01-27T13:01:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=50919"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:01:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:01:31","slug":"strong-winds-and-sandstorms-expected-across-algeria-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=50919","title":{"rendered":"Strong Winds and Sandstorms Expected Across Algeria Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DZWatch Exclusive:<\/strong> Several Algerian provinces are bracing for strong winds and potential sandstorms today, according to a weather alert issued by the national meteorological services.<\/p>\n<p>The alert, classified as Level 1 (Yellow), indicates that the following provinces are at risk of experiencing sandstorms: Tlemcen, Ain Temouchent, Oran, Mostaganem, Chlef, Sidi Bel Abbes, Mascara, Relizane, Naama, El Bayadh, Tiaret, Saida, Laghouat, Ghardaia, Illizi, Ouargla, El Oued, Touggourt, El M&#8217;Ghair, Biskra, Ouled Djellal, M&#8217;Sila, Djelfa, Bouira, Medea, Blida, Tipaza, Algiers, Boumerdes, Tizi Ouzou, Bejaia, Jijel, Skikda, Annaba, and El Tarf.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate special weather bulletin, the National Office of Meteorology (ONM) warned of westerly to northwesterly winds reaching speeds between 70 and 80 km\/h. This weather system is expected to persist until this evening and will affect the provinces of Boumerdes, Tizi Ouzou, Bejaia, Jijel, Tipaza, Skikda, Annaba, and El Tarf.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the ONM has issued another alert concerning westerly to southwesterly winds, with speeds ranging from 60 to 70 km\/h. These conditions are expected to continue until dawn on Tuesday, impacting the provinces of Tipaza, Algiers, Boumerdes, Tlemcen, Ain Temouchent, Oran, and Chlef.<\/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: Several Algerian provinces are bracing for strong winds and potential sandstorms today, according to a weather alert issued by the national meteorological services.The alert, classified as Level 1 (Yellow), indicates that the following provinces are at r&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50920,"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":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50919","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\/50919","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=50919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50921,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50919\/revisions\/50921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}