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☆ 'This Is Betrayal': Moroccan Who Lost Parents in Earthquake Angry Over Government Response
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

"We waited for help," he told Reuters at the scene. Morocco's military is spearheading the rescue efforts and army personnel and emergency workers have been present in Talat N'Yaaqoub for days. Most people in Talat N'Yaaqoub felt as if the authorities were rejecting them, he said. When the earthquake struck, Rbaki was in Marrakech, the historic city 72 km (45 miles) away from the epicentre of the tremor. It took him 12 hours to travel around 100 km from there to Talat N’Yaaqoub.

Persons: Alexander Cornwell TALAT N'YAAQOUB, Jamal Rbaki, Talat N'Yaaqoub, Rbaki, should've, Talat N’Yaaqoub, Alexander Cornwell, Mark Heinrich, Alex Richardson Organizations: Reuters Locations: Morocco, Morocco's, Marrakech

☆ 'This is betrayal': Moroccan who lost parents in earthquake angry over government response
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Alexander Cornwell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Jamal Rbaki, 36, who lost both his parents in the earthquake, stands amongst the rubble of where their house once stood, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Talat N'Yaaqoub, in Morocco September 12, 2023. Morocco's military is spearheading the rescue efforts and army personnel and emergency workers have been present in Talat N'Yaaqoub for days. Most people in Talat N'Yaaqoub felt as if the authorities were rejecting them, he said. When the earthquake struck, Rbaki was in Marrakech, the historic city 72 km (45 miles) away from the epicentre of the tremor. It took him 12 hours to travel around 100 km from there to Talat N’Yaaqoub.

Persons: Jamal Rbaki, Talat N'Yaaqoub, Hannah McKay, TALAT N'YAAQOUB, Rbaki, should've, Talat N’Yaaqoub, Alexander Cornwell, Mark Heinrich, Alex Richardson Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Talat, Morocco, Morocco's, Marrakech

CNN —Nearly 3,000 people are dead, towns and villages are decimated and rescuers are trawling for survivors after a massive earthquake ripped through Morocco. The quake is the worst the country has suffered in decades and the full scale of its damage is yet to be understood. Friday’s disaster is the deadliest quake to hit Morocco in more than 60 years, according to EM-DAT, an international disaster database. In 1960, a 5.8 magnitude quake in Morocco with an epicenter in Adagir led to at least 12,000 deaths and 25,000 injuries. And in 1980, a 7.1 magnitude ground movement in Algeria followed by a tsunami caused more than 2,600 deaths and huge damage.

Persons: Fadel Senna, Ian, Paula Solloway Organizations: CNN, Getty Images, Kyodo, Getty, Authorities Locations: Morocco, Marrakech, Casablanca, North Africa, Adagir, Algeria, Medina district, Mosa’ab

☆ Morocco earthquake: How the entire village of Tinzert was wiped out in just 10 seconds
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Tinzert, Atlas Mountains, Morocco CNN —Rajaa Acherhri was known as the village math genius. She buried them the next day, alongside 19 other people who were killed in Tinzert, a tiny mountain village in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Hakim Idlhousein stands near the rubble of his house, in the village of Tinzert, in Morocco, which was destroyed by the quake. Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP Bags of blood sit on a table at a blood center in Marrakech, Morocco, on September 11. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images In pictures: Powerful earthquake kills thousands in Morocco Prev NextFatema Acherhri was born in Tinzert, as was her husband.

Persons: Morocco CNN — Rajaa Acherhri, Sanaa, Fatema, Rajaa, hasn’t, Fatema Acherhri, Ivana Kottasova, ” Hakim Idlhousein, Idlhousein, CNN they’ve, Abdeltif Ait Bensoli, Ait Bensoli, Edabdelah, couldn’t, Ait, Hakim Idlhousein, ‘, Fadel Senna, Talat, Hannah McKay, Talat N'Yaaqoub, Nacho Doce, Carl Court, Alejandro Martinez Velez, Talat N'yaaqoub, Reuters Mouath Aytnasr, Suleiman, Mosa'ab, Abu Adem Muhammed, Nathan Laine, Wang Dongzhen, Moulay Brahim, Piero Cruciatti, Abdelhak Balhaki, Acherhri, hammam, ” Acherhri, “, ”, Ourika Organizations: Morocco CNN, CNN, UNICEF, Moroccan, Getty, Reuters, Anadolu Agency, Bloomberg, Kyodo, People, Moroccan Royal Armed Forces Locations: Atlas Mountains, Morocco, Tinzert, Moroccan, Al Haouz, Ifghan, Ait Bensoli, Marrakech, Douzrou, AFP, Talat N'Yaaqoub, Talat, Tinmel, Tafeghaghte, Old City, Amizmiz, Xinhua, Moulay, Brahim, Moulay Brahim, Tansghart, Marrakesh

☆ What travelers to Morocco need to know following the recent earthquake
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

CNN —Thousands of people are known to have killed in the Morocco earthquake, with the death toll expected to rise as rescuers continue to search for survivors. Zdenek Kajzr/iStock Editorial/Getty ImagesHow about the High Atlas Mountains? “Many hotels in the High Atlas Mountains have had considerable structural damage with some of them closing,” he says. “I would say that the only part to avoid is the High Atlas mountains, to help the authorities with the rescue process. Santiago Urquijo/Moment RF/Getty ImagesIs there an an alternative to the High Atlas mountains?

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A government-run tent camp in the town of Asni has swelled overnight, with many more tents and makeshift facilities being built. But much of the help directed to these areas is privately organized by small groups of volunteers from across the country. They brought some of the supplies to a village in Ouirgane that was completely destroyed by the quake. Ivana Kottasová/CNNHalf the residents of the village are now camping out in a little grove just off the main road. The families left behind are huddled together sharing food and water, grieving as a community.

Persons: Abdelali Amzil, Amzil, Ivana Kottasová, Hmed, ” Elmouden, “, ” Organizations: CNN Locations: Asni, Casablanca, Ouirgane, Turkey

TALAT N'YAAQOUB, Morocco, Sept 11 (Reuters) - About to return to school, seven-year-old Suleiman Aytnasr had been carried to his bedroom to ensure a good night's rest after he had fallen asleep in the living room. But Brahim was unable to reach Suleiman. "We thank God that our other sons are still alive." "There is a lot of suffering but we thank God for everything," he said. On Monday, the Moroccan army briefly visited Brahim's hamlet, surveying the damage as helicopters flew over.

Persons: TALAT N'YAAQOUB, Suleiman Aytnasr, Brahim, Talat N’Yaaqoub, Suleiman, He’s, Aytnasr, Mouath, Talat N'Yaaqoub, Hannah, haven’t, Alexander Cornwell Jihed Abidellaoui, Tom Perry, Alex Richardson Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Morocco, Talat, Marrakech, Moroccan, Brahim's

Political Cartoons View All 1148 ImagesThe region is largely rural, made up of red-rock mountains, picturesque gorges and glistening streams and lakes. The earthquake shook most of Morocco and caused injury and death in other provinces, including Marrakech, Taroudant and Chichaoua. Morocco has deployed ambulances, rescue crews and soldiers to the region to help assist with emergency response efforts. Northern Morocco experiences earthquakes more often, including tremors of magnitude 6.4 in 2004 and magnitude 6.3 in 2016. Emergency response efforts are likely to continue as teams traverse mountain roads to reach villages hit hardest by the earthquake.

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☆ Rescuers race to find survivors over 48 hours after Morocco quake
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Many survivors spent a third night outside, their homes destroyed or rendered unsafe by Morocco's most powerful earthquake since at least 1900. The death toll climbed to 2,122 with 2,421 people injured, state TV reported late on Sunday. [1/6]Emergency workers carry a dead body, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Amizmiz, Morocco, September 10, 2023. King Mohammed VI thanked Spain, Qatar, the UK and United Arab Emirates for sending aid, state TV reported on Sunday. Morocco had assessed aid needs and considered the importance of coordinating relief efforts before accepting their help, it added.

Persons: Hamid ben, King Mohammed VI, Tom Perry, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Sunday, United Arab Emirates, Thomson Locations: MARRAKECH, Morocco, Spain, Britain, Marrakech, Tafeghaghte, Amizmiz, Qatar, France, Sunday

REUTERS/Nacho Doce Acquire Licensing RightsTINMEL, Morocco, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Villagers in parts of Morocco devastated by the country's biggest earthquake in over a century camped outside for a fourth night on Monday, as the death toll rose to more than 2,800 people. 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. In the village of Tinmel, almost every house was pulverised and the entire community has been left homeless. The stench of death from dozens of animals buried under the rubble wafts through parts of the village.

Persons: Mohamed Ouchen, Mouhamad Elhasan, Elhasan, Antonio Nogales, Alexander Cornwell, Ahmed Eljechtimi, Moaz Abd, Angus McDowall, Rosalba O'Brien, Lincoln Organizations: REUTERS, State TV, Imi N'Tala, United, UNESCO, Heritage, IMF, World Bank, United Arab, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Thomson Locations: Tikekhte, Adassil, Morocco, Spain, Britain, Qatar, Moroccan, Tinmel, Spanish, Nogales, Marrakech, gridlocked, United Arab Emirates, Algeria

☆ Moroccans sleep in the streets for 3rd night following an earthquake that took more than 2,100 lives
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

While some foreign search-and-rescue teams arrived on Sunday as an aftershock rattled Moroccans already in mourning and shock, other aid teams poised to deploy grew frustrated waiting for the government to officially request assistance. Carl Court | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThose areas were shaken anew Sunday by a magnitude 3.9 aftershock, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Aid offers poured in from around the world, and the U.N. said it had a team in Morocco coordinating international support. watch nowA Spanish search-and-rescue team arrived in Marrakech and headed to the rural Talat N'Yaaqoub, according to Spain's Emergency Military Unit. I was saved by my neighbors who cleared the rubble with their bare hands," said Fatna Bechar in Moulay Brahim.

Persons: Davide Bonaldo, Arnaud Fraisse, Salah Ancheu, Ancheu, —, Carl Court, King Mohammed VI, Talat, José Manuel Albares, Jana Cernochova, Fatna Organizations: Getty, People, United Nations, United, Moroccan, Interior Ministry, Rescuers, Carl, . Geological Survey, Aid, Unit . Foreign, Czech Locations: el, Morocco, Marrakech, United States, France, Spain, Qatar, Britain, United Arab Emirates, Paris, Amizmiz, Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz, Turkey, Germany, Cologne, Bonn, Nice, Czech Republic, Moroccan, Ighil, Al Haouz Province, Moulay

☆ Morocco's mud brick housing makes hunt for earthquake survivors harder
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Ahmed Eljechtimi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] An excavator removes stones from the road, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, outside Adassil, Morocco, September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho Doce Acquire Licensing RightsAMIZMIZ, Morocco, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Rescuers digging on Monday through the rubble after Morocco's deadly earthquake warned that the traditional mud brick, stone and rough wood housing omnipresent in the High Atlas mountains reduced the chances of finding survivors. "This kind of collapse causes greater air tightness due to the types of material, like mud brick," Antonio Nogales, coordinator of operations for Firemen United without Borders, a Spanish rescue team on the ground, told Spain's TVE broadcaster. "Steel and concrete facilitate the possibility of survivors, but these (mud and brick) materials (common in Morocco) mean that in the first moments the chances of getting people out alive are reduced," Nogales said. Reporting by Ahmed Eljechtimi and Nacho Doce; additional reporting by Aislinn Lang in Madrid; writing by Ingrid Melander; editing by Mark HeinrichOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Antonio Nogales, Ahmed Eljechtimi, Nacho Doce, Aislinn Lang, Ingrid Melander, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, Firemen United, Borders, TVE, Thomson Locations: Adassil, Morocco, Marrakech, Spanish, Nogales, Madrid

Many people spent a second night in the open after the 6.8 magnitude quake hit late on Friday. Morocco has declared three days of mourning and King Mohammed VI called for prayers for the dead to be held at mosques across the country on Sunday. PULLING SURVIVORS FROM RUBBLEThere were hopes more survivors could be found. Footage captured on Saturday in Moulay Brahim, showed rescuers pulling someone from the rubble. It was Morocco's deadliest earthquake since 1960 when a quake was estimated to have killed at least 12,000 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Persons: King, Adeeni Mustafa, King Mohammed VI, Caroline Holt, Abdellatif Ait, Saida Bodchich, Moulay Brahim, Ayat, Ahmed Eljechtimi, Jose Joseph, Adam Makary, Omar Abdel, Angus McDowall, Tom Perry, Frances Kerry, Elaine Hardcastle Organizations: ., Reuters, Ministry, World Health Organization, International Federation of Red, Red Crescent Societies, High, . Geological Survey, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, IMF, Thomson Locations: BRAHIM, Morocco, Marrakech, Moulay, Tansghart, Abdellatif Ait Bella, Turkey, Bengaluru, Razek, Cairo, London

☆ Live updates: Death toll rises near Marrakech, Morocco, after 6.8-magnitude quake
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Heather Chen | Andrew Raine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

The minaret of a mosque stands behind damaged or destroyed houses following an earthquake in Moulay Brahim, Morocco, on September 9. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty ImagesThe US has made clear to the Moroccan government it is prepared to provide "significant assistance" following the devastating earthquake near Marrakech. "We are also ready to release funds at the right time to help the Moroccans recover and deal with this horrific tragedy that has befallen them." It comes after a statement on Saturday from US President Joe Biden, who said that his administration was in contact with officials in Morocco. We are working expeditiously to ensure American citizens in Morocco are safe, and stand ready to provide any necessary assistance for the Moroccan people," Biden wrote.

Persons: Fadel Senna, We've, Jon, Joe Biden, Biden, Antony Blinken Organizations: Getty, Air Force Locations: Moulay Brahim, Morocco, AFP, Moroccan, Marrakech

☆ Morocco earthquake damages historic mountain mosque
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sept 10 (Reuters) - Morocco's deadly earthquake badly damaged one of the most important historical sites in the High Atlas mountains, an earth-and-stone mosque built by a medieval dynasty that conquered North Africa and Spain. Moroccan media reported that parts of the Tinmel Mosque had collapsed. Photographs circulating online, which Reuters could not immediately verify, showed tumbled walls, a half-fallen tower and large piles of debris. At least 2,000 people have died in the 6.8-magnitude quake, the most destructive in the area since at least 1900. The quake also caused damage to the old city of Marrakech, a UNESCO World Heritage site, where a minaret toppled over and parts of the historic city walls collapsed along with some traditional houses.

Persons: Zakia Abdennebi, Ahmed Eljechtimi, Dominique Vidalon, Angus McDowall, Frances Kerry Organizations: Reuters, Moroccan Culture Ministry, United Nations, UNESCO, High, Thomson Locations: North Africa, Spain, Moroccan, Tinmel, Marrakech, Rabat, Paris

“We felt a huge shake like it was doomsday,” Moulay Brahim resident Ayoub Toudite said. “Ten seconds and everything was gone.”Flags were lowered across Morocco, as King Mohammed VI ordered three days of national mourning starting Sunday. People in Moulay Brahim, a poor rural community of less than 3,000 people, live in homes made of clay brick and cinder block. I was saved by my neighbors who cleared the rubble with their bare hands," said Fatna Bechar in Moulay Brahim. “This is the first time I experienced an earthquake," British tourist Grahame Stuart said in Moulay Brahim.

Persons: “, Ayoub Toudite, King Mohammed VI, —, Al Haouz, Fatna, ” Hamid Idsalah, Grahame Stuart, Mohamed Messi, Al Hoceima, Angela Charlton, Ahmed Hatem, Brian Melley Organizations: —, ”, Aid, Moroccan, UNESCO, Police, Geological Survey, Portuguese Institute for, Civil Defense, Associated Press Locations: MARRAKECH, Morocco, — Morocco, Marrakech, Mountain, Ighil, Al Haouz Province, Al, Moulay Brahim, Turkey, Moulay, ”, U.S, Moroccan, Agadir, Portugal, Algeria, Paris, Cairo, London

☆ Marrakech: Earthquake damages historic sites but spares the modern city
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Marrakech CNN —A small mosque at the heart of the Marrakech Medina in the city’s historical quarter was a treasured place of prayer for the hundreds of traders working at the busy market outside. Outside the damaged mosque, local resident Zined Hatimi recalled the terror of Friday night. The Marrakech Medina, a UNESCO World Heritage site was hit by the 6.8 magnitude earthquake on Friday, the largest to hit the area in at least 120 years. Many of the old buildings inside the Medina have been damaged and some have collapsed entirely. Away from the historical Medina, in many of the modern parts of Marakkech, the impact was barely noticeable.

Persons: Zined Hatimi Organizations: Marrakech CNN, “, CNN, UNESCO Locations: Marrakech, Marrakech Medina, Hatimi, Medina, Morocco, Algeria, Spain, Marakkech

Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images People mourn earthquake victims in Moulay Brahim, Morocco, on September 9. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images A resident navigates through the rubble in Marrakech, Morocco on September 9. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images A woman looks at the rubble of a building in Marrakech, Morocco on September 9. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images A damaged vehicle sits in a street in Marrakech, Morocco on September 9. Abdelhak Balhaki/Reuters Residents take shelter outside following the earthquake in Marrakech, Morocco on September 9.

Persons: Mohamed Aithadi, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, King Mohammed VI, Fadel Senna, Moulay, Said Echarif, Abdelhak Balhaki, Mosa'ab, Mohammed, ”, Joe English, Al Hoceima Organizations: Marrakech CNN —, Geological Survey, Reuters, Moroccan Royal Armed Forces, Getty, Anadolu Agency, AP, CNN, UN’s, Fund, UNICEF, …, United, World Health Organization Locations: Marrakech, medina, Moroccan, Morocco’s, Marrakech’s, Tafeghaghte, AFP, Moulay Brahim, Morocco, Amizmiz, Al Haouz province, Fatima, Asni, Ouirgane, Moulay, France, United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Turkey, Al, Agadir

REUTERS/Hannah McKay Acquire Licensing RightsMARRAKECH, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Families in Marrakech huddled into the early hours of Sunday, spending a second night on the streets as Morocco's deadliest earthquake in more than half a century left many fearing their homes were no longer safe to return to. Across parts of Morocco, people spent the night outdoors on Friday after the earthquake hit the country. Parts of Marrakech’s historical medina, a popular tourist attraction for Moroccans and foreigners, were damaged in the earthquake. Noureddine Lahbabi, a retired 68-year-old with four children, said as he too prepared to sleep outside for a second night that the damage caused to people’s homes was distressing. Eleven-year-old Jowra, speaking alongside her father, said she felt uneasy having to sleep near strangers.

Persons: Hannah McKay, Mouhamad Ayat, ”, Mohamed Aithadi, Jihed Abidellaoui Alexander Cornwell, William Mallard Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Ministry of Interior, Saturday, Moroccan, Thomson Locations: Marrakesh, Morocco, Rights MARRAKECH, Marrakech, medina, Moroccan

☆ Rescuers Hunt for Survivors of Morocco Quake With Over 2,000 Dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

Many people spent a second night in the open after the 6.8 magnitude quake hit late on Friday. The latest Interior Ministry figures put the death toll at 2,012, with 2,059 people injured, including 1,404 in critical condition. Morocco has declared three days of mourning and King Mohammed VI called for prayers for the dead to be held at mosques across the country on Sunday. PULLING SURVIVORS FROM RUBBLEThere were hopes more survivors could be found. Footage captured on Saturday in the town of Moulay Brahim, some 50 km (30 miles) south of Marrakech, showed rescuers pulling someone from the rubble.

Persons: Jihed Abidellaoui, Alexander Cornwell MARRAKECH, King Mohammed VI, Caroline Holt, Abdellatif Ait, Saida Bodchich, Ayat, ”, Ahmed Eljechtimi, Jose Joseph, Adam Makary, Omar Abdel, Tom Perry, Frances Kerry Organizations: ., Ministry, World Health Organization, International Federation of Red, Red Crescent Societies, High, Reuters, . Geological Survey, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, IMF Locations: Morocco, Marrakech, Moulay, Tansghart, Abdellatif Ait Bella, Turkey, Bengaluru, Razek, Cairo

Moulay Brahim, Morocco CNN —Moulay Brahim was once a happy place for Sami Sensis. The building partially collapsed after a powerful earthquake struck Moulay Brahim late on Friday night. Nacho Doce/Reuters Women watch the funeral of two victims of the deadly earthquake in Moulay Brahim, on September 10. Piero Cruciatti/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images A woman looks on as people inspect damaged buildings in Moulay Brahim, Morocco, on September 10. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images People mourn earthquake victims in Moulay Brahim, Morocco, on September 9.

Persons: Moulay, Morocco CNN — Moulay Brahim, Sami Sensis, Moulay Brahim, Sensis, –, “, ”, ” Sensis, Idsaleh Mahjoub, Mahjoub, Alejandro Martinez Velez, Hannah McKay, Nacho Doce, Piero Cruciatti, Carl Court, Reuters Mohamed, Fadel Senna, Said Echarif, Abdelhak Balhaki, Mosa'ab, Ivana Kottasová, Leila Idabdelah, Idabdelah, khobz Organizations: Morocco CNN, CNN, Sensis, Locals, United Arab Emirates, ”, Anadolu Agency, Getty, People, Reuters, Reuters Moroccan Royal Armed Forces, AP Locations: Moulay Brahim, Morocco, Moroccan, Marrakech, Spain, Qatar, United Kingdom, Moulay, Brahim, Amizmiz, Al Haouz, Tafeghaghte, AFP, Al Haouz province, Asni, ”

CORRECTS NAME OF THE VILLAGE - A man stands next to a damaged hotel after the earthquake in Moulay Brahim village, near the epicentre of the earthquake, outside Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing more than 800 people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of Marrakech. But the full toll was not known as rescuers struggled to get through boulder-strewn roads to the remote mountain villages hit hardest. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Mosa'ab Elshamy

Persons: Mosa'ab Locations: Moulay Brahim, Marrakech, Morocco

☆ As Morocco reels from deadly quake, survivors seek aid
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Rescue workers search for survivors in a collapsed house in Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz province, on September 9, 2023, after an earthquake. Many people spent a second night in the open after the 6.8 magnitude quake hit late on Friday. In Moulay Brahim, a village near the epicenter some 40 km (25 miles) south of Marrakech, residents described how they had dug the dead from the rubble using their bare hands. "We lost our houses and we lost people also and we are sleeping like two days outside," said 36-year-old Yassin Noumghar, another Moulay Brahim resident. Spain received a formal request from Morocco for assistance and it would be sending search and rescue teams, the Spanish foreign minister said.

Persons: Brahim, Yassin Organizations: . Locations: Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz, Marrakech, Spain, Morocco, France, Turkey

☆ Live updates: Morocco quake leaves hundreds dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Chris Lau | Seán Federico O'Murchú | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Rescue teams in Morocco are having difficulties reaching the areas most affected by Friday night's earthquake because nearby roads are damaged and blocked, state-run Al Aoula TV has reported. The 6.8-magnitude quake struck shortly after 11 p.m. local time at a relatively shallow depth of 18.5 kilometers (11.4 miles), according to the US Geological Survey. The epicenter was in the High Atlas mountains located about 72 kilometers (44.7 miles) southwest of Marrakech, a city of some 840,000 people and a popular tourist destination.

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☆ DR Congo, Mauritania and Mozambique qualify for Cup of Nations finals
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Mark Gleeson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

CAPE TOWN, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritania and Mozambique qualified for the next Africa Cup of Nations finals with wins on Saturday, but the games were overshadowed by the earthquake in Morocco that killed more than 1,000 people. The Gambia and Congo teams had to evacuate their hotel rooms when the quake hit on Friday and spent the night sleeping next to their respective hotel swimming pools. Mozambique booked their place earlier on Saturday with a last-gasp 3-2 home win over Benin in Maputo. On top of hosts Ivory Coast and Saturday's successful trio, the other finalists are Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, the Cape Verde Islands, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia and Zambia. Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Pierre, Emerick, Jean Noel Amonome, Theo Bongonda, Saturday's, Mark Gleeson, Ken Ferris Organizations: Democratic, Africa, Nations, U.S . Geological, Reuters, Confederation of African Football, DR, Belgium, Congolese, Clesio, Ivory Coast, Thomson Locations: CAPE, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritania, Mozambique, Morocco, Liberia, Gambia, Congo, Marrakech, The Gambia, Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Sudan, Gabon, Kinshasa, Mayele, Benin, Maputo, Senegal, Burundi, Cameroon, Namibia, Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde Islands, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia, Cape Town

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