The World Health Organisation says more than 300,000 people are living in the hardest-hit areas, and experts have warned the next 48 hours will be 'critical' for saving lives. It is the deadliest earthquake in more than 60 years.
Thousands of people who survived the Morocco earthquake have spent the night sleeping rough - with many losing their homes or too fearful to head indoors.
The World Health Organisation says more than 300,000 people are living in the hardest-hit areas, and experts have warned the next 48 hours will be"critical" for saving lives. And in an exceptional move, neighbouring Algeria - which severed diplomatic ties with Morocco in 2021 - offered to open its airspace for humanitarian aid and medical evacuations.The epicentre of the earthquake is in the High Atlas mountains, about 50 miles south of Marrakech
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