MAR: Population Movement - 07-2026 - Massive population movement at Bab Sebta was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Thursday, 30 July 2026 at 00:00 UTC. The event is classified as a other incident incident with a severity rating of Severe, and was detected through IFRC.
Recorded by the IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) as an emergency a national society responded to. Unlike a warning or a news report, this means a humanitarian response was actually mounted.
Where this happened
The incident is located in Morocco (Africa), whose capital is Rabat. Historically, Morocco is most affected by earthquakes, floods and droughts. You can follow every incident recorded in this country, updated live, on the Morocco incident tracker.
Approximate coordinates of the reported event are 31.800°, -7.100°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.
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Timeline and sources
Officially recorded
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· received · event time 30 Jul 2026, 00:00 UTCFirst report Humanitarian agency report
First recorded from IFRC.
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Conditions at the time
No rainfall was recorded that day, and the temperature peaked at 42°C, extreme heat by any standard.
Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.