With debris and fallen rock blocking roads to Moroccan villages hit hardest by an earthquake, many residents began burying their dead and foraging for scarce supplies on Sunday as they waited for government aid.
Survivors, faced with widespread electricity and telephone blackouts, said they were running low on food and water. Some bodies were being buried before they could be washed as Muslim rituals require.
Some towns remained inaccessible because of debris blocking roads. Hopes of finding survivors, especially among flattened mud-brick homes, are dwindling three days after the quake.