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In an effort to find water and food/ Moroccan survivors ask for help  

2023-09-10 18:54:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

In an effort to find water and food/ Moroccan survivors ask for help  

Survivors of Morocco's deadliest earthquake in more than six decades scrambled to find food, water and shelter on Sunday as the search for the missing continued in remote villages and the death toll of more than 2,100 is likely to rise. further, reports Reuters.

Many people were preparing to spend a third night outdoors after the 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck late Friday. Aid workers face the challenge of reaching the most affected villages in the High Atlas, a rugged mountain range where settlements are often remote and where many homes have been destroyed.

The damage done to Morocco's cultural heritage became more visible after local media reported the collapse of a historically important 12th-century mosque. The earthquake also damaged parts of the old city of Marrakech, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In Moulay Brahim, a village 40 km (25 miles) south of Marrakech, residents described how they dug the dead from the rubble using their bare hands.

On a hill overlooking the village, residents buried a 45-year-old woman who had died along with her 18-year-old son, a woman crying loudly as the body was thrown into the grave.

As he retrieved possessions from his damaged home, Hussein Adnaie said he believed people were still buried in nearby rubble. "They didn't get the rescue they needed, so they died. I rescued my children and I'm trying to get blankets for them and everything to wear from home," he said./ CNA





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