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The g 20 summit gets on the way new delhi and the as Prime Minister in the moody welcomes the African Union into the block. On greece steps, the rescue efforts of the severe range storms trigger funding, killing at least 10 the we begin in america where its just gone. 9 am local time where a powerful of quake has killed at least 632 people. There is significant damage being reported, the number of casualties is also expected to rise. The Us Geological survey says the magnitude 7 quake struck some 70 kilometers south of nor cash. The shocks, what will say felt in the coastal cities of robots, casablanca, and a suite, a hash, them have bought up against coverage, the ccd, the footage showing the moment a ball full of quake, hey, to morocco. Its sent to people in america, running until the streets that will agree to buy destruction and buys of deputies everywhere. Its the nearest major city to the epicenter of the quake. Residents. Recall the moment they found, the trend is what i see the name of my wife thought it was a helicopter or something. But i told her it was in a quick and suddenly people are bored. Running in all directions in the streets. The despots us for loved ones began soon off to the mothers of video posts as online shows a mother trying to reach the children stuck on the bubble. The number of that is expected to rise as the rescue teams look for people trapped on the destroyed homes you saw. But you can see johnson, we dispatch a number of security teams at a rescue operation to various effected areas. We urge all citizens to stay comp denser and ministry will update the public later more. I mean the month about that, the Us Geological survey says the epi center was in the high uh, less mountains, some 7 to columbia, to the south west of my gosh. Its reported in magnitude 4. 00 after a shock. 19 minutes late. There are reports of damage from monica, she was old town known as the medina, its web of read rules and side stories recognize as well to have. It is side by the when the quake was also felt in the coastal cities of robots, casablanca, and so we had a and most have spent the night out on the streets, was gone and checked, who was at the house, rooked, aggressively. Everyone was scared and i was shocked. I didnt understand what was happening. I thought it was only my house that was moving because its fraudulent, only. I heard people screaming on every and went out of the houses to the streets which were full of peoples and women screaming if houses were unsafe, the roads were dangerous, as people tried, making the way out to safety. The quake has also been felt as far as bought to go and talk to you about, but ill just see what ill do there is, um, the name of ronnie has moved from 10 to one a powerful quake, a hip morocco at this center is located to the south west of the city of mara care should in a place called interviews, which is located in the high uplift mountains and of the thats the power of the it was a powerful one. They tools according to the milwaukee and geological institute. Its 6. 8 on the scale, overactive and it was a deep in this about 8 kilometers into the deep into the, into the us. It was felt the through the cities of myra cache, of a good year office. So we, uh, up until the city of casablanca and the capital city, about the damage is the, mainly in the old town of mark harris. This is the historical town of my cache, but also in the old town of cattle dance and where to visit the buildings of this old medina as, as we call them a big that age is hundreds of years. Im not built according to im faces like the moons or, or, or regulations. So basically we have a concern, the reports that the historic war of the old town of the city of my case has been damaged in some of its volumes. Theres also the mino, ready to go for you. Most gold had a bush which is located in gem. I left not a landmark square where tours flow from all over the world that they may know rates of a powerful came down because of all of this s. Busy and also in the towns of total dance and, and, and why that, that, as i said in the old box of this towns, uh, the Old Buildings and also in the villages. So the locations in these mountains have been, have been damaged. It will have some hobos here on site with us in the studio house. And this is an area you know very well you actually that just 10 days ago youve been reaching out to people in the area. What if theyve been saying to you about what happened there on the shock . Because of the tragedy of the magnitude of the tragedy . And this is the day time that we will walk up the assessing the damage the pot desperate asking questions, looking forward to see their loved ones were united with them, the accounting of the debt. And they are desperate to, to those 2 of trumped and the rubble. Were not talking about one single place were talking about the videos of it is, which is the i percent of the quake. Visual cock, which is on the mountain to can also about twit again and many other places on the atlas mountain is stretches across a huge area in the center of morocco. Phil pharmacies say that they have dispatched the rescue teams, accounting, the debt, and the the how the teams provide medical teams providing a 1st a to the injured across most of those areas of being to those areas. Very popular tourist attractions. And the only problem that is that you have to try, we dont always because of the landscape itself, either because of the rough terrain to get to those mountains. So my understanding is that is with take some time before we can gauge a sense of the magnitude of the destruction in those areas. And then just think we were talking to a sent it to from morocco and l l e a. And he was talking about how well prepared they are, or as prepared as they can be in many of these remote areas to deal with as quakes of this magnitude. America, of course, has had a history of the source of quakes. Its still going to be incredibly difficult though, isnt it fit to get to these, to get to these places the well more very well advanced compared to many neighboring countries because you know those areas, usually the beset spice, snow storms of flash floods and you have the army sometimes deployed helicopters of private to provide assistance to the people that you have sometimes villages trust for in time weeks because of the severe snow storms. So they have the equipments to deal with this, but this is quite a difference. Hes going to be quite challenging in the sense that the i, yet to gauge a sense of the entire area that has been affected have been caused by a got phone calls from people who said that they felt the trend is 550 kilometers south of marcus, and all the way to us base is like us a blank of about can you try and see this the amount of issues to the very know if you talking about was on 400 kilometers. If, if the trends were felt in those areas, it gives you a sense of the magnitude of this earthquake, which the june july, as you can send to him or walk us as the most powerful earthquake in the last century. So you have to have had a cup to slide over those areas. I would assume they would take the area of footage and see that the destruction for them to be able to coordinate at the same time with a different groups of operating teams and decide, you know, what this is going to be the top priority. Lets go to those areas thats going to be difficult. You have to have, as you would need helicopters, who carries a debt and the injured because im, the lenses will take quite some time to get to some of those villages. And some of them are really very difficult to access. And what about the impact on cities that people may be more familiar with, like nar, cash, which is unesco heritage site. Again, a lot of Old Buildings there. The can. There must be a lot of concern about how they would cope with damage like this could to be as to which of the iconic mental risk part of the city. If you, how gun crushing dining would have been a massive blow for humanity because of his historical importers a know demeanor. It went down during the, the quick and there is definitely a, a damaged to the infrastructure of the hispanic was. And the ways mark is people who go to mark us, which is the fastest booming till the subtraction in north africa. Go the ticket for the medina, which has its own 5 people converse during the day. The afternoon with a particularly in the evenings the all the ways, the old 3 eyes of all those bases. I would assume that the authorities would have to conduct a survey to assess what kind of damage was done, particularly so the infrastructure of those old areas. And they have been counting out by innovations in the past. But with this policy of quick, i think they will have to revisit it once again and a huge number of people not only have died but also injured and that number is probably gonna go up. What about the hospital infrastructure, the medical infrastructure, how well equipped is it in the real code to, to deal with the growing number of people, the injured weve already had, calls from authorities for people to donate blood. Will they be able to deal with this . Weve seen them a massive event as a nation, amber walk over the last 20 years, and more than flesh on more votes. More hosp tools, you have public hospitals, private hospitals, and military hospitals, particularly in the city of, of but i guess for many reasons because this has become over the last 20 years, one of the most important urban centers in morocco. So i do see that most of these people with the 1st have lifted to not cash, but then you have neighboring areas. I could do is not really far away from that. You can also add, lift them to if you need more capacity, they would definitely have to go to the largest city in morocco, which is because of blankets of the north and the capital about. But as i said earlier, the, the, the biggest challenge with this kind of natural disasters and this of quake particularly this one is the vast area and the desolate villages on the mountains as this is going to be. I think the biggest challenge to get to those bases have stay with us because we can speak to tom also della longer. Hes the Spokes Person at the International Federation of red cross and red crescent societies. He is in geneva for us, but i believe you do have colleagues on the ground involved and rescue efforts. What are you hearing in terms of the rescue efforts that are going on at the moment . Yeah, good morning and thank slow for letting me i mean, actually what we are the phone my what uh, coordinates of the model for the accounts that occurs. Sense that is the, the media, the support, the, the local and National Authorities and the search that i still owe. But its on the 1st day, the passport thing, injure the, the, the else be dogs, psychology that support the which is clearly going seen the face, the amino stuff that i need to wait. Then ive switch. Could i please type that from your correspondent, the logistics of these completion on it some more challenging. Thats what we use the x testing below the seen them on things. And the address at the moment is still a difficult the so were, im sure the, the, the assessment of the situation we level, but we think weekly. Next, i was sundays when wed finally have access to the address affected by the like, as you say this up like a need to place a few hours ago. I mean, what is the priority in terms of organizations like the federation of red cross and web presence . Decides is what, what do they do fast . How do they decide what the priorities all that was . I mean, of course, the 1st of all we would have to walk across that gets a national society. In this case the model could have cost. So they are the best place. Yeah. Part of the community. I was a little confused and you can definitely assist and you what, so the building that will be this of the community. So the studies fall in the search bar. Best stuff, i see that i must say so uh they, they would be the 1st so to respond in the international level. We already have going back the, the model cut across the way out of the, the, to support them with the images and 2 funds. But then if needed, the ones the assessment, then it means that clear as to support those. So with the logistics meant by web a image into this one do need, it really depends on yesterday, on the next, on the next couple of about web. So whats the face, but i know what it is to save lives, so we know what they thought, what the inside of working together with the ability to say and search s u. S. What i stayed, i would say, i still say that all the major is coming from police a lot with the transport thing, the injuries with the speed of and again the, the sacrifice that support that i had, the studies that we are eating from. I dont quite a speaking about the thousands of people, the many different entities is not definitely a by the present. The, thats a right. Is that the, the quick and they dont want to go back to the home. We know by expediency, many other conflicts that im aware that the, on the, on the upside do, you need to be to support immediately people and communities. So because a fee it will be a good week stay you for the base weeks and possibly model so. So its very impossible to live, its very important that we can continue to get to also take a go ahead something or what kind of follow it is about potential deployment to those affected areas. Give us a sense of what would be a plan of action. What are you going to do . How are you going to talk to . Are we going to see more teams teaming up with you to move forward to those areas as well . Uh, as i said, of course i literally think i did see at the moment its about a quarter percent. Then we know this over the phone cuz we look at the National Ability to send a quote of the navy and a sports. I know that the way past the to support with us was uh to to i live in the lead on this and many of the as you, i think the sides of the my be legend them on things. So i seen that these are really the patio together moment and then we have and quoted the needs with the model that chris sent us to bring all day. So course the needed by the very important part of this will make appropriate assessments and the one to send the need them to get out. Because at this moment the video that they have on that sometimes shopping and must not stop. And hes still boys encore, the navy day for the. Ready sending goods or support so that is not really need you dont get on. So 1st level where we can put up with assessment and on this the next steps. And until most of weve heard from geologist that theres a real possibility. A saw the further strokes the, the off the strokes mean how, how do you prepare people for the on such a that weve already had people very scared to go back into that home. So just outside of what can be done to help them as well as the some of the creating awareness. So people see that past the shock with that id be go see the simple suitability is not something that we can do that when a need for were not pin. So we can move the people that in safe places. And not that he needs the by that on that much. Obviously its not that we saw in many kind of the many countries they werent even in my country in utility. And they equate the couple of times. People say they want to stay near to buy that i was need to buy the buy, itd be monday. So its really a matter of engaging community. I explained them that the needs to move in more to a safe place. And then as i said, the cyber does not support them implemented, these could be the goal. Indeed. So indeed, that was the end in the coming days because we need to remember that these times a little bit of shall not, not the yes, but its about the model. And we, we need that as a simple, as for the full, so from National International community in the days and weeks and months will come. Okay. Uh to my so, so we, we were talking about the number of people that have been injured and that number is likely to rise in situations like this. I mean, what is it that hospitals need, especially from the International Community . Presumably they will need more help to deal with the serial number of people injured. What i would say is that in front of a boss, the, these one uh uh, a very headed system enable or the even the more that we would be in uh on that i use that i so now uh i heard about, uh, they quoted for the Blood Donation in the case of course a lot of these could. Ready mean these are in this moment as opposed to, uh, injured, but then again, the either once went to the stage of aging, some details. Uh, and they were quoting on some needs that we have not video with all this. So it really depends on the, on the assessment and what we would see in the next couple of about one. So i will, uh, i mean in the past experience of course, uh, a place you say in the speedometer. Uh say replace is if the Available Space is what search it is. These are the kinds of comb on uh, needs uh for the 4 countries affected by your weight. But then it really needs to be assessed properly before the talk about that. So most of you know, this is an extremely delicate operation because you have 2 different minus things happening at the same time. You have, you have to send rest to you as you have to help those chopped under the property. Have to provide the mix of cell terms for those affected by the quakes, the, how to deliver age. You have to bring the ends of all the way towards the hospital. Hes a massive operation. How about that . How much time would it takes you and the International Aid agencies if needs be to be deployed to while i guess where, when they get it through the events, when they call the, its telling me its not located on this on, on websites and on what i quoted crescent, we have uh, as i finish up the additional but across the send, which is going to mentioned to you this once you need to and we have some, uh, you will need somebody to go in 24 to 48 hours. So you never did call them out of the water, then they have a specialized uh, in different uh, independent activities would be a relief of dvds. It would be what the 70 they show me because what that is also very good to go clean and what their incidentally defining moments like these like would be had to take would be even the feet of the else because a base cancer and so on. But then again, it really depends on the, on the, on the needs. And we must have, weve been talking about how some of these areas affected incredibly remote remote villages in the atlas mountains. I mean, what, what is the challenges you said your country has been effective by us quakes. Its really what, what is the logistics involved in getting to these areas . A logistic and love is huge and its a big challenge. And just so to give you an example, i mean that we can talk about what he thought about, we can talk about the cdn took. Yeah. And thats where you called him most uh more than 6 months ago. Of course the, so think about that a tiny little of the going in the, on the, in the morning things you have to think about the apples industries, the if the streets out of block, that is noisy machinery to take away the bodies. Then american c teams that can not go through. I cannot teach people. So a logistics. Yeah. These, these pretty, these pretty the, a huge challenging, its of course, but the math for these, not the one i didnt see like that across the class and doing that alone. Its the see my photos with the National Authority together with different entities, other cars that it goes across. And these was what people together to that i for these places. But then i remember definitely seeing decades of the valley to cut 20. But i was, in some cases even to seeks out what the door to arrive at some of these a time youd be producing them on paints and you have to buy them and you should. So i would say even if i, i dont have the exact be shut out. So go to the side in the exact assessments for model. Uh yeah, that, that easy would be one of the priority. And one of the Biggest Challenges to most of, from your experience with i yet to get a complete picture about what happened areas affect to the death toll. But what would be your biggest concern now . The biggest concern that i had so, so we, we sold by it is the 1st 24 to 48 hour. Easy cut it out, the window to, to save lives and people on the books. Then of course, we saw and we all know something great, then very inspiring story. I would say of people that were found the live old most even ask that a week. But the difference between the 24th. Ready the 8 i was study because he did go for a life saving efforts. And then on the other side, of course, a huge color need the east to support the they had ceased. They meant to be able to respond to the salt water for the sensor or to pay the excess each pretty because because usually after after and they have quaker people the ways that usually to latest iron, so broken that he eats. Uh uh, unfortunate has anybody the normal and its something that needs to be addressed. And tomas so weve been talking about moroccos history and how unfortunately it has had to deal with a severe of quakes before in the past. To what extent do you think will that help them in dealing with this particular process as it would definitely not because the size of oh was either that. Okay, so costing the simple way to respond to emergencies. So, and again thats at the medical at the national, not in the local level together with the tier suite, the money that organization. So i, of course, for these kinds of expediency ill give you the but then of course, in front of these a boss, the a quake. Again, i would say that no one there, i mean, every, every system would be on the site. So you never the part of the word that well that some parts of model, quite some of whos going to be the sender, but ideally these that dont know compared to other countries. So. So of course we can see another another challenge there. Some also tell a long ago spikes person at the International Federation of red crossman red crescent societies, really appreciate your time and your expertise knowledge. The speaking to us, the from geneva. Well, how soon . So we were talking that a little bit about workers history in terms of having to deal with of crazy. I mean, thats another sort of challenge that people will have to deal with. I mean that theyre this is such a traumatic event and theyve had previous experience dealing with some of the traumatic events. Many, it was really heartbreaking in a way because now what were looking at is basically the ruffles that you can see of being being to all living rooms all over the world for this as quick. Let me just give you a sense of this place because ive, ive noticed baseball the last 15 years. Its one of the most beautiful places in walk on the, on the, on the west mountain, massive tourist attraction for everyone who loves to go tracking and climbing the mountains as the most famous being. The topography is about 404100 meters above sea. Level and these are the villages, the dominant, the, the communities, proud, dignified, very generous. Stick into the culture, the oxer architect, studies impressive. You see those told brick buildings or stone buildings. They identify with nature, identify with the own culture and the history of the very proud of it is very sad that when you talk to people now over the phone and they would tell you, you know what weve lost. People have lost, loved funds in tie areas, well, even massively destroyed or severely compromised because of the us quite. And as i said or so, my guess, you know, is going to be of the very center of this debate about protecting the historic science. The medina, in particular, which has been that for 12 centuries, built by the a lot of the diagnostics been assigned to examples of walk and civilization and architecture has beautiful all the ways besides small, really, really a beautiful place. And this explains why has become the biggest tourist instruction in north africa over the last 20 years. And i would assume that the authorities will definitely once they finish with the, with, with the construction providing help to those who have been affected. Looking off of those have lost their loved ones, a survey of the structure of those historical sites. And this is, i think with the International Community could step in the near future. Because now youre talking about the need to not only renew but ensure that there would be following some certain seismic codes so that they would become in the future, a solid enough to withstand any further off the shots and trim as many for many years of been to places where we witness tremors and off the shots. Robots, for example, the capital, the north in particular and the say now which has been brought to us by those quick in 2004, west 600 people were killed. But you know what . Never before people were concerned about my right cash and the balance as do is say, you know what, these are pillows of the we are safe here with this as quick. I think it would push from massive review of the area and the rural areas. Yeah, it is interesting because when we were talking to that send it to from robots a little earlier. He was saying because of the real cause, history authorities have gone long way at a looking at the structure of a lot of these buildings. And even in marrakech itself, he was saying that he feels that a lot of these buildings will was done quite because they have been restrictions. Is that the case . So in the more remote areas. Now when you look at the cases that we, whos talking about for sale, we saw definitely impassive events of the nation. Off to the quick i gotta do which was destroyed in 1964 by the toilet sizing the popular consciousness of american people. It became the fastest booming city, the largest through subtraction and local for the last 50 years is never the same again, it has massively changed, but that these are the centers. Now the debate will definitely have to shift to the blue areas. One of the Biggest Challenges the morocco with the have to do with is the address mountain. Its massive, its huge. It accessible to such an extent. You would have to build roads, you have to renew the infrastructure to be able to get to the split 8 bases as far as quick as possible. And then you will have to ask you questions about how to move forward. Specifically, when it comes to the size of the codes that you have to think about to present. And this thing similar to this in the near future. And how soon we just briefly, i mean were about to talk to a geologist uh about a morocco and why its so prone to be so sort of add quakes in terms of your experience as someone whos to lift that. Do you feel the authorities do enough to prepare people to handle this, the sort of incident at which, which is to be expected as a geologist from tell us every 100 years or so. You know, basically that took place in a good deal was, was that what 60 years ago . Most of them are welcome to live. Now. Dont remember it. And the most of the focus of the attention was on the north because thats the what do you have . The inter sectional that they offer kind of do ration plates which are very active. And thats where the of policies have been working over the last few years. To ensure that the infrastructure would, would spend a pretense of of quick, it was never the case in, in, in, in my, that guess because of the amount of people said, you know, one of these, of, perhaps the safest areas in, when it comes to a switch because simply would never have enough quick in the past, it would definitely trig debate about the need to raise awareness and also educate