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In many areas hit by the quake, there were complaints that the government was slow to rescue and bring relief supplies to stricken villages. Driving along the road to the Tizi N’Test pass, the challenges faced by relief workers getting through became clear. Upon seeing the blocked road, they begged Mr. Id Lahcen and his colleague, Mustapha Sekkouti, to help get their bags of supplies to the other side. “This reality, we want it to be a memory in our history,” said Mr. Sekkouti, 50. Helping clear the road to save lives.”The efforts by Mr. Id Lahcen and Mr. Sekkouti opened a gap near the top of the road on Sept. 11, allowing some aid to get through.

Persons: Lahcen, Mustapha Sekkouti, ”, Sekkouti, “ Organizations: New York Times Locations: Rabat

☆ Satellite Data Yields Clues to Morocco’s ‘Blind Earthquake’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Maya Wei-Haas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Just before sunrise on Monday, a satellite peered down on regions of Morocco that had been damaged by an earthquake Friday night. The data it gathered from 430 miles above Earth is offering scientists critical clues that will help unravel the mechanics behind the quake, including pinning down the specific fault that ruptured. Key data came from Sentinel-1a, one of a group of satellites launched by the European Space Agency that pass around the Earth every 12 days, mapping out the surface. The satellite relies on radar to measure tiny shifts in the ground toward or away from the orbiting craft, said Tim Wright, a geophysicist at the University of Leeds in England. The technique is known as InSAR and allows scientists to compare the data collected before and after the quake to assess the three dimensional movement of the land around a fault with almost millimeter accuracy.

Persons: Tim Wright, Judith Hubbard, Kyle Bradley Organizations: Sentinel, European Space Agency, University of Leeds, Cornell University Locations: Morocco, England

☆ '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

Wildfires devouring swaths of Algeria’s Mediterranean coast have killed 34 people over two days, the Algerian authorities said on Tuesday, as an extreme heat wave sears North Africa, Southern Europe and the sea between them. The dead include 10 soldiers who were aiding rescue efforts across Algeria’s forested Kabylia region, the Algerian Interior Ministry said. Another 16 people died in the fires in the village of Ath Oussalah, according to Berber TV, a local broadcaster. “I wish her home burned down but she was still alive,” the woman told onlookers in the village. Plumes of smoke rose from at least 16 cities east of the capital, Algiers, including Bejaia, Jijel and Tizi Ouzou.

Persons: “ Organizations: Algerian Interior Ministry Locations: North Africa, Southern Europe, Kabylia, Algerian, Ath Oussalah, Algiers

☆ Wildfires kill 15 in Algeria as heatwave hits north Africa
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

ALGIERS, July 24 (Reuters) - Wildfires killed 15 people in the mountainous Bejaia and Bouira regions of Algeria on Monday, the interior ministry said, as a heatwave spreads across north Africa and southern Europe. Some 7,500 firefighters wee battling to bring the flames under control, authorities said. Firefighters were alsoat work in the Boumerdes, Tizi Ouzou, Jijel and Skikda regions. A major heatwave has hit North African countries, with temperatures reaching 49 Celsius (120 F) in some Tunisian cities. Reporting by Lamine Chiki and Nayera Abdalla; Writing by Tarek Amara Editing by Bernadette Baum and Nick MacfieOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Tizi, Lamine Chiki, Tarek Amara, Bernadette Baum, Nick Macfie Organizations: Firefighters, Thomson Locations: ALGIERS, Algeria, Africa, Europe

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