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