MARRAKESH, Morocco– Morocco's deadliest earthquake in decades has killed at least 820 people, officials said Saturday, causing widespread damage and sending terrified residents and tourists scrambling to safety in the middle of the night.
Rescue workers search for survivors in a collapsed house in Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz province, on September 9, 2023, after an earthquake. Morocco's deadliest earthquake in decades has killed at least 820 people, officials said on September 9, causing widespread damage and sending terrified residents and tourists scrambling to safety in the middle of the night.
It was the most powerful quake to ever hit the country, and one expert called it the region's"biggest in more than 120 years". "There are families who are still sleeping outside because we were so scared of the force of this earthquake," he said."It was as if a train was passing close to our houses." Houda Outassaf, a local resident, told AFP he was walking around the square when the ground began to shake."I have at least 10 members of my family who died... I can hardly believe it, as I was with them no more than two days ago.""I stopped and realised what a disaster it was... The screaming and crying was unbearable," he said.
"People are in the squares, in the cafes, preferring to sleep outside. Pieces of facades have fallen."
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