By Alexander Cornwell and Ahmed Eljechtimi TINMEL, Morocco (Reuters) - Villagers in parts of Morocco devastated by the country's biggest earthquake in ...
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State TV reported late on Monday that the death toll had risen to 2,862, with 2,562 people injured. With much of the quake zone in hard-to-reach areas, authorities have not issued any estimates for the number of missing. Elhasan said he searched for his son as he cried for help. But eventually the cries stopped, and by the time he reached his son he was dead. Elhasan and his wife and daughter remained inside their home and survived.In Tinmel and in other villages residents said they had pulled people out of the rubble with their bare hands.
Footage from the remote village of Imi N'Tala, filmed by Spanish rescuer Antonio Nogales of the aid group Bomberos Unidos Sin Fronteras , showed men and dogs clambering over steep slopes covered in rubble. Over 10,000 people are expected at the meetings, which the Moroccan government wants to proceed, sources said.After an initial response that was described as too slow by some survivors, tent camps appeared in some locations by Monday night as people spent a fourth night outdoors.
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