Everyone was scared. And i was shocked and didnt understand what was happening. I thought it was only my house that was moving because its fragile and old. I heard people screaming. Everyone went out of their houses. The street is full of people and women screaming thats what happened. Even now, people cant go back home home because theyre still afraid. Look at this video two, men, you see them run because they feel the shaking. Moments later, you see the panic, more people running and then this, Rubble Falling when a hand had been moments before. Wow, wow. Nearly 700 people were reportedly injured in the quake. And now there is a race to reach the victims in the most affected areas. But Officials Say teams are struggling to get to those places. Cnns ben wedeman is on the ground now. Ben, whats the latest in terms of the Rescue Efforts . Reporter well, those Rescue Efforts have been intense over the last few hours. Unfortunately, you know, the epicenter is about 45 mile to the southwes
to hit the area in over a century. the epicenter in the high atlas mountains near marrakesh is a yunesco world heritage site. equipment and manpower are limited in this region. patients are waiting outside hospitals, and residents are sleeping on the streets, fearing intense aftershocks. more than 700 people are in critical condition. officials believe the death toll will steadily rise. i want to bring in ben wedeman for more on all this. ben, you ve been to the area. set the scene for our viewers, what the topography is like, who lives there, why it s a tourist attraction and how an effarthque of this magnitude is cause so much damage. this earthquake happened just a few minutes after 11:00 p.m. friday evening. from the video we ve seen of cctv for instance, there was a small jolt followed by this massive earthquake. you see buildings just collapse in one cctv video. a block of buildings just falls into the street, sending tens of thousands of people sleeping outside last
hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. we re following the breaking news out of morocco where more than a thousand people were killed after a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck late friday. it was the strongest to hit the area in over a century. the epicenter was located in the high atlas mountains just southwes southwest. rescuers are struggling to access the areas after roads were damaged. hospitals were filling up, prompting patients to wait outside as hospital beds were moved onto the streets. more than 700 people are in critical condition. and with intense aftershocks expected in the area, officials believe the death toll will steadily rise. i heard people screaming. everyone went out of their houses. the street is full of people and women screaming. that s what happened. even now people can t go back home because they re still afraid. toi want to bring in ben wedeman for more. the destruction is devastating. looking at some of t