– There are still people in the ruins, says Lahoucine Elyoussfi to news on the phone last night. He is the leader of the umbrella organization Collectif Associatif Taroudant, which helps in the area that is hardest hit. There is a battle against the clock in the mountain areas. There are several villages in ruins. Many of the villages are over 1,000 meters above sea level and the temperature drops to 10-12 degrees at night. In Taroudant province, local authorities, the civil protection and public forces were mobilized to dig out the dead and any survivors. Rescue workers and volunteers are now working at full speed. Photo: PRIVAT – Several areas are completely isolated because the roads have been destroyed by rockfalls. Several houses have been completely destroyed and there are still people in the ruins. Yesterday Elyoussfi was in the hospital in the area of Taroudant. The hospital is full of injured people, the Moroccan said. He now hopes that the country will receive international help. There is great destruction in the area of Taroudant. It is urgent to get help, says Lahoucine Elyoussfi to news. Photo: Lahoucine ELYOUSSFI – Morocco needs international help. The damage is too great for Morocco to cope with alone, he says. Several countries such as France and Spain have said they will help the country. Ambassador Sjur Larsen tells news that the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is ready to assess any requests for help from Norway to Morocco. – This tragedy has hit the Atlas Mountains, says Ambassador Sjur Larsen. Time is running out to find survivors in the ruins. We hope the worst is over, say several people in the Moroccan city of Marrakech. When news arrives in the city, many have laid down on the ground with blankets and pillows. They will sleep outside for the second night in a row. A blanket has been laid on the ground and children up to the age of two lie in the trunk and play games. Many have laid blankets on pavements and in parks. Many are worried about aftershocks in cities like Marrakech. Photo: marit kolberg / news Some fear more aftershocks. Others fear that their house may collapse from the damage from the earthquake. Had to dig to get him out More than 2,000 people have lost their lives in an earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday night, which had a magnitude of 6.8. The strong earthquake has particularly affected the Marrakech area and the surrounding mountain areas. Shop owner Khalifa Marzak in Marrakech witnessed a dramatic moment when the building collapsed. Photo: Reuters Shop owner Khalifa Marzak witnessed a wall collapse around a man. – It was a tailor who was about to leave his shop. Suddenly the walls around him collapsed. We had to dig to get him out, Marzak told Reuters. Morocco has now declared three days of national mourning. A woman leaving her home in Moulay, Morocco. Photo: Reuters Strongest in Morocco in a century The Foreign Ministry estimates so far that there are between 100-150 Norwegians in the area, through those who have registered, says Norway’s ambassador to Morocco Sjur Larsen to news. Several have said they could feel the quake as far as southern Spain and Portugal, and Algeria. The earthquake has been the most powerful in Morocco in a century. Here from Moulay. Photo: Reuters According to the Geological Institute of the country, Friday’s earthquake was the most powerful in Morocco in a century. Al Jazeera writes that. The USGS also writes that the earthquake will be the strongest in northern Africa in 120 years.
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