Where Search And Rescue crews are working to reach people in the areas worst affected by friday nights powerful earthquake, which is now known to have killed more than 2,000 people. Three days of National Mourning have been declared. This is the small town of asni, in the atlas mountains, where few buildings have been left undamaged by the 6. 8 magnitude quake. Rescue teams have reached asni, after the Moroccan Army cleared a landslide on the access road. But other small Rural Communities remain cut off by rockfalls and there are reports of entire villages flattened. 0ur correspondent nick beake has made it to another community in the atlas mountains. This is amizmiz, in the atlas mountains. And you can see the destruction here. These were typically one and two storey buildings that came crashing down, and people have been picking through the rubble for their possessions. But of course, its notjust possessions. Many lives have been lost here, too. And just talking to someone a short ti
And the authorities are calling on residents to donate blood. In the last few minutes morocco has declared three days of mourning, and the National Flag will be flown at half mast throughout the country. The 6. 8 magnitude quake struck in a remote area in the atlas mountains, around 45 miles south of the popular tourist destination, marrakesh. Tremors were also felt in the capital rabat, some 350 kilometres away. President biden said hes deeply saddened by the events. Chinas president xi has also sent a message of condolence. Charlotte wright has this report. The horrifying moment a powerful earthquake hit morocco. Cctv shows people running for safety as buildings begin to crumble in marrakesh. Elsewhere in the city, diners frantically flee a restaurant. Outside the historic kutubiyya mosque, dust rises from the tower, prompting fears it might collapse. Marrakesh is 45 miles from the epicentre in the atlas mountains. Those in the city said it was terrifying. The floors were violently
the 6.8 magnitude quake struck in a remote area in the atlas mountains, around 45 miles south of the popular tourist destination marrakesh. tremors were also felt in the capital, rabat, some 350 kilometres away. president biden said he s deeply saddened by the events. china s president xi has also sent a message of condolence. charlotte wright has this report. collapsed buildings and rubble strewn streets. the aftermath of a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8, leaving many hundreds dead across morocco. this is one of the country s biggest cities, marrakesh, a popular tourist destination, and 45 miles from the epicentre. as emergency workers pick their way through the debris, there are reports of families still trapped and many more injured. the floors were violently shaking, the walls were shaking, things were falling off shelving. i just didn t even know what to think. i then went into slightly more open space, in my main bedroom, and just collapsed to the floor,
on residents to donate blood. the 6.8 magnitude quake struck in a remote area in the atlas mountains, around 45 miles south of the popular tourist destination marrakesh. tremors were also felt in the capital, rabat, some 350 kilometres away. president biden has said he s deeply saddened by the events. china s president xi has also sent a message of condolence. charlotte wright has this report. collapsed buildings and rubble strewn streets. the aftermath of a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8, leaving many hundreds dead across morocco. this is one of the country s biggest cities, marrakesh, a popular tourist destination, and 45 miles from the epicentre. as emergency workers picked their way through the debris, there are reports of families still trapped and many more injured. the floors were violently shaking, the walls were shaking, things were falling off shelving. i just didn t even know what to think. i then went into slightly more open space, in my bedroom, an
hospitals in the region have seen an influx of wounded people, and the authorities are calling on residents to donate blood. the 6.8 magnitude quake struck in a remote area in the atlas mountains, around 45 miles south of the popular tourist destination marrakesh. tremors were also felt in the capital, rabat, some 350 kilometres away. president biden said he s deeply saddened by the events. china s president xi has also sent a message of condolence. charlotte wright has this report. collapsed buildings and rubble strewn streets. the aftermath of a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8, leaving many hundreds dead across morocco. this is one of the country s biggest cities, marrakesh, a popular tourist destination, and 45 miles from the epicentre. as emergency workers pick their way through the debris, there are reports of families still trapped and many more injured. the floors were violently shaking, the walls were shaking, things were falling off shelving. i just did