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DISASTER: Residents Reeling As Deadliest Earthquake In SIX DECADES Hits Morocco
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September 11, 2023
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11:59Now PlayingMorocco is devastated as a rare and powerful 6.8 earthquake strikes leaving buildings destroyed, thousands dead and many left stranded, asking why the government hasn't responded quicker. Rayyvana and Sen. Nina Turner break it down on The Damage Report.
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Powerful quake in Morocco kills more than 2,000 people and damages historic buildings in Marrakech
"MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco, sending people racing from their beds into the streets and toppling buildings in mountainous villages and ancient cities not built to withstand such force. More than 2,000 people were killed, and the toll was expected to rise as rescuers struggled Saturday to reach hard-hit remote areas.
The magnitude 6.8 quake, the biggest to hit the North African country in 120 years, sent people fleeing their homes in terror and disbelief late Friday. One man said dishes and wall hangings began raining down, and people were knocked off their feet. The quake brought down walls made from stone and masonry, covering whole communities with rubble.
The devastation gripped each town along the High Atlas’ steep and winding switchbacks in similar ways: homes folding in on themselves and mothers and fathers crying as boys and helmet-clad police carried the dead through the streets.
Remote villages like those in the drought-stricken Ouargane Valley were largely cut off from the world when they lost electricity and cellphone service. By midday, people were outside mourning neighbors, surveying the damage on their camera phones and telling one another “May God save us.”"
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