٠٠:٠٢:٥٠Local residents were still sleeping on the streets of Marrakech on Monday, as they have not been able to return to their homes after the powerful earthquake that hit Morocco on Friday.
Severely damaged buildings on the brink of collapsing can be seen amid piles of ruble scattered across the city.
“I was inside the house and suddenly I heard sounds and the walls started falling on me. We tried to rush out until we, I and my kid, got to the stairs, then I fell down. Eventually, we jumped out of the building and slept outdoors leaving everything inside the house. When we came back in the morning, I found everything scattered on the ground, and there's no place left to sleep and eat,” explained one local resident.
According to state-run media, at least 2,681 people were killed in the earthquake as of Monday, with 2,501 reportedly injured. Since many of the affected areas are in inaccessible mountainous regions, an estimated of the number of missing persons has not been released by the Moroccan government yet.
Friday’s earthquake was the worst to strike Morocco since 1960, when at least 12,000 people died in a 5.8 magnitude tremor in Agadir.
‘There's no place left to sleep and eat’ - Local residents assess extent of damage in earthquake-hit Marrakech
Local residents were still sleeping on the streets of Marrakech on Monday, as they have not been able to return to their homes after the powerful earthquake that hit Morocco on Friday.
Severely damaged buildings on the brink of collapsing can be seen amid piles of ruble scattered across the city.
“I was inside the house and suddenly I heard sounds and the walls started falling on me. We tried to rush out until we, I and my kid, got to the stairs, then I fell down. Eventually, we jumped out of the building and slept outdoors leaving everything inside the house. When we came back in the morning, I found everything scattered on the ground, and there's no place left to sleep and eat,” explained one local resident.
According to state-run media, at least 2,681 people were killed in the earthquake as of Monday, with 2,501 reportedly injured. Since many of the affected areas are in inaccessible mountainous regions, an estimated of the number of missing persons has not been released by the Moroccan government yet.
Friday’s earthquake was the worst to strike Morocco since 1960, when at least 12,000 people died in a 5.8 magnitude tremor in Agadir.
Local residents were still sleeping on the streets of Marrakech on Monday, as they have not been able to return to their homes after the powerful earthquake that hit Morocco on Friday.
Severely damaged buildings on the brink of collapsing can be seen amid piles of ruble scattered across the city.
“I was inside the house and suddenly I heard sounds and the walls started falling on me. We tried to rush out until we, I and my kid, got to the stairs, then I fell down. Eventually, we jumped out of the building and slept outdoors leaving everything inside the house. When we came back in the morning, I found everything scattered on the ground, and there's no place left to sleep and eat,” explained one local resident.
According to state-run media, at least 2,681 people were killed in the earthquake as of Monday, with 2,501 reportedly injured. Since many of the affected areas are in inaccessible mountainous regions, an estimated of the number of missing persons has not been released by the Moroccan government yet.
Friday’s earthquake was the worst to strike Morocco since 1960, when at least 12,000 people died in a 5.8 magnitude tremor in Agadir.