Some photos of the flood damage in the Merzouga area can be found here. One interesting point mentioned by the author – all of the poor locals now living in tents are enduring temps of 45-50C, without the benefit of nice cool pise or concrete homes. Ugh.
“Dans la nuit du 26 au 27 mai, 100 litres d’eau par m2 sont tombés en moins de 2 heures dans la vallée du Ziz (région du Tafilalet, sud-est du Maroc) plus particulièrement Merzouga, Hassi-Labied, Taouz, Ouzina…”
We had our flood in the Gorge on the same weekend, and I can confirm that it was a lot of rain in a very short time.