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Families trapped under the rubble. But roads to more remote and mountainous areas are blocked by landslides. There has been extensive damage in the old city of marrakech, which is a unesco World Heritage site. Its the most deadly earthquake to hit morocco since the 1960s when more than 12 thousand people were killed near agadir. First the panic as they run for their lives. Then the chaos as debris rains down and dust consumes the streets. This is marrakesh in the moments after the quake. Late night diners flee their tables. At the mosque, screams as the tower seems to sway, but doesnt succumb. But many other buildings in the city crumbled. Theyd stood for hundreds of years and collapsed in seconds. But it is in the Atlas Mountains where there is the greatest damage and the greatest loss of life. In this province more than 500 now confirmed dead. Isolated communities hard to ....