Authorities hope to get a much better picture of the devastation created by a powerful earthquake overnight. The tremors brought down buildings and sent residents into the streets for fear of aftershocks. The 6. 8 magnitude quake was the strongest in the region in more than 120 years. Cnns larry madow joins us from lagos nigeria. In terms of the devastation what more do we know about rescues that may be taking place this hour . Reporter paula we now that the Rescue Operation Kicks into high gear as just became dawn in morocco. Part of the problem overnight when this earthquake broke, the visibility was limited because i. T. Was night. Some people spent the night outdoors afraid of aftershocks and this etch center was in the region in the high atlas mountains. The impact was affiliate near the historic city of marrakech. The tremors felt as far as rabat and casablanca. 296 dead, 193 wounded but when they begin to assess the damage when they can see clearly the sphere is that the numbers
coming up this hour, a powerful earthquake rocks morocco in the middle of the night, killing hundreds. we ll bring you the latest on the search and rescue operations. plus, president biden arrives at the g20 summit in new delhi, live to india for what we can expect from the meetings. possibly bad news for donald trump, a judge has rejected a bid by his former chief of staff mark meadows to move the case he faces in georgia to federal court. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with breaking news out of morocco where the death toll from a powerful and devastating earthquake has gone up dramatically. the government says the quake overnight killed more than 600 people, and injured more than 300. and it s expected those numbers will rise, even more in the hours ahead. now, as you can see here, rescues are under way around the country. the u.s. geological survey says the 6.8 magnitude quake was the strongest in the region in