More than 48 hours after the earthquake of magnitude 6.8 which affected Morocco on Friday evening, Moroccan rescuers continue, Monday, September 11, the search for survivors and try to provide assistance to hundreds of homeless. While awaiting the deployment of foreign rescue teams on the ground, the Moroccan authorities have begun to erect tents in the High Atlas, where villages have been completely destroyed by the earthquake.
The provisional toll shows 2,122 deaths. At least four French people have died, according to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The earthquake also left 2,421 injured, according to the latest report released Sunday evening by the Moroccan Interior Ministry.
Morocco accepts aid from four countries. The kingdom accepted aid from Spain, Britain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Spanish, British, Qatari and Emirati rescue teams “entered this day (Sunday) in touch” with their counterparts in Morocco with a view to coordinating their efforts, announced the Moroccan Interior Ministry.
France is ready to “to intervene”assures Macron. “We have mobilized all the technical and security teams to be able to intervene when the Moroccan authorities deem it useful”declared Emmanuel Macron on Sunday during a press conference following the G20 summit in New Delhi (India).