Rescuers in here are struggling to find survivors from Friday’s powerful earthquake, with more than
2,000 people killed and remote villages near the epicenter left in ruins.
Terrified Moroccans spent a second night in the streets, too afraid to return to their homes. Three days
of mourning are underway following the country’s deadliest earthquake in decades.
The 6.8-magnitude quake struck late on Friday. It was also the strongest to hit the region around the
ancient city of Marrakech in a century, according to the US Geological Survey.
So far 2,012 people have been listed killed and 1,404 others critically injured, according to Moroccan
authorities, but the toll is expected to rise further as rescuers dig through the rubble of collapsed houses
in remote areas of the High Atlas mountains.
our prayers for Moroccans.
From PR Times Africa
