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☆ Morocco to spend $11.7 billion on five-year post-quake reconstruction plan
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ait Abdellah Brahim, 86, gestures among rubble, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Talat N'Yaaqoub, Morocco, September 16, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Acquire Licensing RightsRABAT, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Morocco plans to spend at least 120 billion dirhams ($11.7 billion) in a post-earthquake reconstruction plan over the next five years, the royal palace said on Wednesday. A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck on Sept 8, killing more than 2,900 people, mostly in the hard-to-reach villages of the High Atlas mountains. The plan would target 4.2 million people in the worst-hit provinces of Al Haouz, Chichaoua, Taroudant, Marrakech, Ouarzazate and Azizlal, the royal palace said, following a meeting of King Mohammed VI with government and army officials. The royal palace said the plan would be funded by the govenrment's budget, international aid and by a fund set up in response to the quake.

Persons: Ait Abdellah Brahim, Talat, Ammar Awad, Al Haouz, King Mohammed VI, households.It, Ahmed Eljechtimi, William Maclean Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Talat N'Yaaqoub, Morocco, Al, Taroudant, Marrakech, Ouarzazate

☆ 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?

Persons: King Mohammed VI, that’s, Al Haouz, “, ”, Zina Bencheikh, CNN’s Ivana Kottosová, storeowners, Kottosová –, Bilal El Hammoumy, Vanessa Branson, El Fenn, Musee Des Confluences, Zdenek Kajzr, Kottosová, ” Kasbah, Richard Branson, El Hammoumy, –, Fez –, Abdelilah El Khadir, Francesco Riccardo Iacomino, Anabel Dean, she’d, Dean, Stallholders, Bencheikh, Ait, they’ve, I’d, ” El Hammoumy, ” Dean, ” Azrou, Santiago Urquijo, Ameziane, Meryem Organizations: CNN, Intrepid Travel’s, EMEA, AFP, Inclusive, Jewish, El, Musee Des, Marrakech medina, Expeditions, US State Department, Foreign Locations: Morocco, Spain, Qatar, UAE, Marrakech, Al, medina, Seaside, Agadir, Casablanca, Fez, Intrepid Travel’s Morocco, Jemaa el, Bahia, Saadian, El, ”, Inclusive Morocco, reroute, “, Hassan, Rabat, Paris, –, Ait Benhaddou, Dades, Santiago

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.

Persons: —, Hamid Idsalah, Idsalah, I’m, ”, Haouz, Abdelkadir Smana, Emmanuel Macron, Joe Biden, “, Biden, El, King Mohammed VI, Jesse Bedayn, Angela Charlton, Will Weissert Organizations: Moroccan, WHO, Interior Ministry, United Arab, UNESCO, . Geological Survey, Associated Press Locations: Morocco, Marrakech, Al Haouz province, Toubkal, North, Taroudant, Al Haouz, North Africa, Amizmiz, Spain, Qatar, Britain, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, MARRAKECH, Koutoubia, Agadir, Northern Morocco, Syria, Turkey, Nepal, China, Moroccan, Denver, Paris, Washington

☆ 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

“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

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, ”

☆ For a Woman Bereaved in Quake, First Came Shock and Then a Wail.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Vivian Yee | More About Vivian Yee | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

First came the news, then shock and then a scream. In the small town of Amizmiz in southern Morocco on Sunday, a woman let out a piercing cry as she absorbed the information that her two brothers had been killed in the devastating earthquake. More than 2,000 people were killed in the quake that hit Morocco on Friday night, according to the authorities. Hardest hit was the province of Al Haouz, which is home to Amizmiz, where a small crowd was growing to comfort the crying woman. Once his aunt heard what had happened to her brothers, he said, she had attempted to get as close as possible to their town.

Persons: Al Haouz, Lacher Anflouss, Anflouss Locations: Amizmiz, Morocco, Al, Atlas

☆ 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

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

As the death toll from the powerful earthquake in Morocco rose on Saturday, questions mounted about the vulnerability of buildings in the seismically active North African country. Moroccan architects said that the hardest-hit areas were rural zones with many earthen houses that were unable to withstand the shaking. “Given the state of the buildings in the country, this death toll was kind of expected,” said Anass Amazirh, an architect in the northern city of Casablanca. Image Rescue workers searching for survivors in a collapsed house in Moulay Brahim, in Morocco’s Al Haouz Province, on Saturday. “These more extreme risks occur regularly in other countries,” the report said, “and Morocco cannot avoid taking them into account.”

Persons: “, ”, Anass Amazirh, Omar Farkhani, Fadel Senna, Mr, Farkhani, Al Hoceima, Al, Haouz, Amazirh Organizations: Morocco’s, of Architects, ., Agence France, Moroccan, Organization for Economic Cooperation, Development Locations: Marrakesh, Morocco, Moroccan, Casablanca, Al Haouz, Moulay Brahim, Morocco’s Al Haouz Province, Al, Al Hoceima, “

☆ Powerful earthquake strikes Morocco, killing hundreds and damaging historic buildings in Marrakech
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

This frame grab from video footage taken by AFPTV shows people out in the open in Marrakesh September 9, 2023, following a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco. A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing hundreds of people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of Marrakech. In 1960, a magnitude 5.8 tremor struck near the Moroccan city of Agadir and caused thousands of deaths. The Agadir quake prompted changes in construction rules in Morocco, but many buildings, especially rural homes, are not built to withstand such tremors. In 2004, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake near the Mediterranean coastal city of Al Hoceima left more than 600 dead.

Persons: Abderrahim Ait Daoud, Talat N'Yaaqoub, Olaf Scholz, Narendra Modi, Lahcen Mhanni, Al Hoceima Organizations: Morocco's, Ministry, UNESCO, Local, Twitter, Indian, United Nations, Geological Survey, Department, National Institute of Geophysics, 2M, Portuguese Institute for, Civil Defense Locations: Marrakesh, Morocco, Marrakech, Moroccan, Al Haouz Province, India, United, U.S, Ighil, Earthquakes, North Africa, Agadir, Al, Portugal, Algeria

☆ Morocco Rescuers Slow to Reach Hardest Hit Areas After Quake
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Constant Méheut | More About Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Search and rescue efforts intensified on Saturday in Morocco after a powerful earthquake killed at least 1,000 people and injured hundreds more overnight, with national authorities deploying the military to hard-hit areas and foreign partners promising aid. But it remained unclear how quickly emergency teams would be able to reach the victims and prevent more deaths. The king ordered the country’s armed forces to deploy aircraft, helicopters and troops to help with the rescue efforts, according to a statement from the government. Local television showed images of trucks crammed with soldiers driving toward the devastated areas, in the High Atlas Mountains, in the southwest of the country. Authorities said that about half of the victims were in the Haouz region, a rural area with many mud-brick houses and little earthquake-resistant infrastructure.

Persons: King Mohammed VI Organizations: Local, Authorities Locations: Morocco, Haouz

The U.S. Geological Survey estimated its magnitude at 6.8, but the Moroccan geological institute put it at 7.2. That would make it more than twice as large, according to the logarithmic scale on which earthquakes are measured. The U.S. agency said local estimates can often be more accurate, but initial readings of magnitude are measured automatically and need to be reviewed by seismologists. But it was clear that the scope of the catastrophe was extensive, with the rural provinces outside of Marrakesh the hardest hit. Moroccan architects say the area near the epicenter has many earthen houses that are not built to withstand an earthquake of this strength.

Persons: Omar Farkhani Organizations: Geological Survey, seismologists, United Nations ’ Office, Humanitarian Affairs, UNESCO, of Architects Locations: U.S, Moroccan, Marrakesh, Marrakesh’s Medina

☆ Marrakech: Residents spend a night in the streets while others flee after earthquake
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Benjamin Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Marrakech CNN —As the dust began to settle, panic set in. As the earthquake caused buildings to collapse, killing more than 1,000 across Morocco, those who could crowded the streets. A general view of damage in the historic city of Marrakech, following a powerful earthquake in Morocco, September 9, 2023. REUTERS/Abdelhak Balhaki Abdelhak Balhaki/ReutersA damaged vehicle is pictured in the historic city of Marrakech, following a powerful earthquake in Morocco, September 9, 2023. While Marrakech suffered, the epicenter of the earthquake was around 50km away, in the rural, mountainous Al Haouz region.

Persons: –, Balhaki, Marrakech’s, Mohammed VI Organizations: Marrakech CNN —, CNN, REUTERS Locations: Marrakech, Moroccan, Jemaa, Morocco, Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech’s Medina, Al Haouz, Chichaoua

☆ Morocco earthquake: What we know so far
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —More than 1000 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck the North African country of Morocco on Friday night. When and where did the quake hit? The earthquake struck at around 11:11 p.m. local time. The earthquake is Morocco’s deadliest since 1960 when a quake killed more than 12,000 people. Many world leaders have expressed their commiserations, as well as offered support to Morocco.

Persons: Al Haouz, Fadel Senna, Mohammed, ”, Balhaki, Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, Narendra Modi, Volodymyr Zelensky, Vladimir Putin Organizations: CNN, Earthquakes, Geological Survey, WHO, Getty, Reuters, United Nations, Indian Locations: Morocco, Marrakech, Here’s, Casablanca, Al, Moroccan, Taroudant, AFP, Ouirgane, Turkey, Algeria

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