More than 2,100 people have been killed after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Morocco, officials have said. Many of the fatalities are said to be in hard-to-reach areas south of Marrakech, and there are fears one such town could record 2,000 deaths alone.
'Within one second I realised we had to get out' - Survivor recalls moment quake hitLocals were woken up late on Friday night as the quake rocked the ground beneath them and caused buildings to collapse.
He said the town, which is in a remote area in the mountains, has turned into a"freak show" since the quake. "Every now and again you see houses completely collapsed and you know people that were in them. 19:38:22In the town Moulay Brahim, rescuers have pulled a survivor from the rubble. Beneath them groups of rescue workers operating in teams of six to 12 dig their way through the rubble.
Air Said Mohamed says he rescued three people here, and 10 in another village, before rescue workers get here. "The rescue workers are doing a really good job but look at everything they have to dig through – concrete, sand rocks… it's very difficult," Fatima said. "Within seconds everything fell down, some people managed to run out of their houses, others didn't make it."
Throughout the day the bodies of the newly recovered were laid in a row in the car park. Their families sitting beside them, waiting to take them away. Another death to add to thousands we already know about. The UK has deployed 60 search and rescue specialists to Morocco to assist the country's efforts to find survivors, the foreign office has announced.
Aftershocks are going to continue hitting Morocco and they could last days, weeks or even months, the director of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre told Sky News. "So there is a real fear, a real threat, for all the rescuers until the rescue operations are over."
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