A powerful earthquake struck Morocco's High Atlas mountains late on Friday, killing at least 296 people, destroying buildings and sending residents of major cities rushing from their homes.
It says most of the deaths are in the mountains, epicentre was Imlil. If the damage is that bad in Marrakesh I can’t imagine how devastated the mountain towns and villages will be. I did a trek in that area of the Atlas range some years back and the valleys were amazing. Groves of cherry and walnut trees, terraced fields with an ingenious irrigation system, clusters of simple mudbrick houses.
The death toll keeps raising. More than 600 killed according to The Guardian. :(
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It says most of the deaths are in the mountains, epicentre was Imlil. If the damage is that bad in Marrakesh I can’t imagine how devastated the mountain towns and villages will be. I did a trek in that area of the Atlas range some years back and the valleys were amazing. Groves of cherry and walnut trees, terraced fields with an ingenious irrigation system, clusters of simple mudbrick houses.
Oh damn.
I just heard 800 from NPR. Crazy.