٠٠:٠٢:٤٠Survivors of the Moroccan earthquake from the village of Amizmiz, located south of Marrakesh, described what they saw and heard in footage taken on Thursday.
"We saw the houses were falling down and the mountain was shaking like it was about to collapse and the fire was burning on top of it," said one resident of the village.
One mother who was rescued tragically lost two of her children in the earthquake. Her brother recounted the intensity of the rescue effort, with him desperately calling for help and directing the team to where his sister was buried.
"I shouted loudly calling for help. Then we rushed to my sister's house and they began digging through the rubble. I told them to listen attentively to detect whether she was alive or not. I remained still out of shock and I was just telling them where my sister was, and saying: 'Dig there, please'", he explained.
Teams continued searching for any remaining survivors in the rubble, nearly a week after Friday's 6.8-magnitude earthquake.
According to the latest estimate by the authorities, the death toll across the country has passed 3,000, with many of those killed in the rural communities. Media reports claim thousands remain without essentials such as food, water and power, with routes often impassable.
The US Geological Survey reported that the epicentre was located 72 km southwest of Marrakech in Morocco's High Atlas mountain range.
'Mountain was shaking like it was about to collapse' - Rural village survivors recall devastating Moroccan earthquake
Survivors of the Moroccan earthquake from the village of Amizmiz, located south of Marrakesh, described what they saw and heard in footage taken on Thursday.
"We saw the houses were falling down and the mountain was shaking like it was about to collapse and the fire was burning on top of it," said one resident of the village.
One mother who was rescued tragically lost two of her children in the earthquake. Her brother recounted the intensity of the rescue effort, with him desperately calling for help and directing the team to where his sister was buried.
"I shouted loudly calling for help. Then we rushed to my sister's house and they began digging through the rubble. I told them to listen attentively to detect whether she was alive or not. I remained still out of shock and I was just telling them where my sister was, and saying: 'Dig there, please'", he explained.
Teams continued searching for any remaining survivors in the rubble, nearly a week after Friday's 6.8-magnitude earthquake.
According to the latest estimate by the authorities, the death toll across the country has passed 3,000, with many of those killed in the rural communities. Media reports claim thousands remain without essentials such as food, water and power, with routes often impassable.
The US Geological Survey reported that the epicentre was located 72 km southwest of Marrakech in Morocco's High Atlas mountain range.
Survivors of the Moroccan earthquake from the village of Amizmiz, located south of Marrakesh, described what they saw and heard in footage taken on Thursday.
"We saw the houses were falling down and the mountain was shaking like it was about to collapse and the fire was burning on top of it," said one resident of the village.
One mother who was rescued tragically lost two of her children in the earthquake. Her brother recounted the intensity of the rescue effort, with him desperately calling for help and directing the team to where his sister was buried.
"I shouted loudly calling for help. Then we rushed to my sister's house and they began digging through the rubble. I told them to listen attentively to detect whether she was alive or not. I remained still out of shock and I was just telling them where my sister was, and saying: 'Dig there, please'", he explained.
Teams continued searching for any remaining survivors in the rubble, nearly a week after Friday's 6.8-magnitude earthquake.
According to the latest estimate by the authorities, the death toll across the country has passed 3,000, with many of those killed in the rural communities. Media reports claim thousands remain without essentials such as food, water and power, with routes often impassable.
The US Geological Survey reported that the epicentre was located 72 km southwest of Marrakech in Morocco's High Atlas mountain range.