Recorded disasters in Morocco
Floods, storms, heat and cold waves recorded in Morocco since 1980 by the international EM-DAT database: how many, their known losses and the limits of these data. Non-climate natural hazards are shown separately at the end of the page.
Updated : 13 November 2026
Floods account for two climate disasters out of three
By type (1980–2026)
By decade
* 7 years only. Part of the rise reflects better recording of events, not just their frequency.
At least 2.69 bn $ in climate losses since 1980
Losses of the events whose amount is known (9 of 42), in constant dollars adjusted for inflation by EM-DAT.
The other events have no amount in the database, including those from 2015 to 2026: this total is a minimum.
Read these figures with care
Of 42 events, how many have each piece of information?
Keep in mind
- Underestimated lossesAmounts are known for only 9 events: the real cost is much higher.
- Major events onlyThe database records events above thresholds of victims or people affected; local episodes are missing.
- Slow-onset hazards under-representedDroughts, which build up over several years, are scarce in it: the site tracks them with its own index on the Climate page.
Source: EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (version of 5 November 2026), Observatory calculations.
4 deadly earthquakes since 1960
Al Haouz: only 4% of losses were insured
uninsured : 7.08 bn $The rest falls on households, firms and the State: this is the "protection gap", a direct issue for financial stability. It is the only event in the database with an insured amount.
- Deaths
- 13,100
- Injured
- not available
- Affected
- not available
Known losses 1.31 bn $ (constant dollars)
- Deaths
- 2,946
- Injured
- 5,674
- Affected
- 845,674
Known losses 7.40 bn $ (constant dollars)
- Deaths
- 628
- Injured
- 926
- Affected
- 13,465
Known losses 682 M $ (constant dollars)
Locusts and ground movements
Source: EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (version of 5 November 2026), Observatory calculations. Only well-documented events are included. Losses in constant dollars, adjusted for inflation by EM-DAT.
Reference: EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium – www.emdat.be. The original data cannot be redistributed; this page shows aggregated figures only.