Support Morocco’s earthquake victims

The world is watching human tragedy unfold in Morocco after the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck the country on Friday killed at least 2,497 people and injured around 2,476.

As heroic rescue missions continue around the clock, sometimes with people digging through rubble with their bare hands in towns and villages that are virtually demolished, there are organisations collecting donations to accelerate lifesaving efforts.

 

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The powerful earthquake with magnitude of 6.8 struck the High Atlas region in Morocco at 11.11pm on the 8th September 2023. Over 2,600 people have died – a grim death toll that is likely to rise in the days ahead.

Many of the dead are thought to be in remote villages in the High Atlas mountains, the epicentre of the earthquake. The epicentre was in the High Atlas Mountains, 71km (44 miles) south-west of Marrakesh, at a depth of 18.5km. The earthquake killed people in the provinces and municipalities of al-Haouz, Marrakesh, Ouarzazate, Azilal, Chichaoua and Taroudant.

Some of these villages have been completely flattened and whole families wiped out.

Residents are using whatever equipment they can find as they struggle to reach their neighbours under the rubble. Blocked roads are preventing ambulances from reaching the wounded, and while officials are scrambling to clear debris, rescue and relief efforts are difficult amid the mountainous terrain, risk of landslides, and large distances.

Aftershocks have left families too frightened to seek shelter, with exhausted survivors forced to sleep in the streets.

The government is taking urgent measures to address the disaster including strengthening their search and rescue teams to find survivors, providing drinking water and distributing food, tents and blankets.