MARRAKECH, Morocco: Rescuers searched on Sunday (Sep 10) for survivors of Morocco's deadliest earthquake in more than six decades, with more than 2,000 people killed by the disaster that has laid waste to
by the disaster that has laid waste to villages in the mountains outside Marrakech.
The latest Interior Ministry figures put the death toll at 2,012, with 2,059 people injured, including 1,404 in critical condition. Its picturesque houses, clinging to a steep hillside, were cracked open by the shaking ground. Those still standing were missing chunks of wall or plaster. Two mosque minarets had fallen.
The quake's epicentre was some 72km southwest of Marrakech, a city beloved of Moroccans and foreign tourists for its medieval mosques, palaces and seminaries richly adorned with vivid mosaic tiling amid a labyrinth of rose-hued alleyways. "I cannot sleep there. I am asking the authorities to help me and bring in an expert to assess whether it is possible for me to return to the house or not," said Mouhamad Ayat Elhaj, 51, on the streets with his family near the old city."If there is a risk, I will not return to the house," he said.
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