Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than 60 years left survivors scrambling for food, water and shelter as the search continued for missing victims on Sunday.
The search for missing people continues in isolated villages and the death toll has crossed 2,100, with the number expected to rise after the third day.
Many people were spending their third night outside after the devastating 6.8-magnitude earthquake, which flattened settlements after a top-down blast late on Friday.
Reaching the worst-hit villages in the High Atlas, a rugged mountainous region where populations are sometimes inaccessible and where many houses have collapsed, has been a challenge for aid workers, JEE News reported.
As the death toll reached 2,122 and 2,421 people were injured, aid was being sent to affected Moroccans after the country said it could accept aid offers from other countries and send them if needed. will work to integrate
In this difficult time, Turkey, Kuwait, Oman, America, Spain, Great Britain and many other countries have sent aid.
The deadly earthquake did not spare the country’s famous heritage sites either, as JEE News reported the collapse of a large 12th-century mosque.
Additionally, part of Marrakech’s old city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was also destroyed by the earthquake.
Residents of Moulay Brahim, a community 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Marrakech, recalled pulling the deceased from the rubble with their bare hands.
The aftermath of the earthquake made a sad scene as on a hill overlooking the village, residents buried a 45-year-old woman who died with her 18-year-old son, while a woman lowered the body. She started crying loudly. In the grave
Meanwhile, Hussain Adnai, who was removing belongings from his destroyed home, said he believed people were still buried under the rubble.
