2023-09-09 16:16:36
After a magnitude 6.8 earthquake, parts of the historic old town of Marrakech are in ruins. Over 1,000 deaths are counted, most of them in the remote villages of the Atlas Mountains.
A family sits in front of their destroyed house in the village of Moulay Brahim on Saturday after the earthquake.
Mosa’ab Elshamy/AP
Many people were still awake after the heat of the day, enjoying the cool evening hours, when the earthquake occurred. Otherwise, the magnitude 6.8 quake would probably have claimed even more victims in Marrakech and other cities and villages in central Morocco. But even so, according to the government, more than 1,037 deaths were counted in the Atlas Mountains and the neighboring regions by midday on Saturday, and almost 700 people were injured, some seriously. The full extent of the catastrophe will only become clear over time.
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