Mohammed, 50, from the town of Ouirgane, lost four family members in the quake. Some remote villages on the foothills of the mountain have been hard to access. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty ImagesĮmergency workers were deployed to affected regions, despite some roads being damaged or blocked by debris. People carrying the remains of a victim, in the village of Imi N'Tala. Outside the city, images showed the 12th century Tinmal Mosque in the High Atlas mountains had been badly damaged. Many of the old buildings inside the Medina have been damaged and some have collapsed entirely. The Medina district dates back centuries and is enclosed by walls built of red sandstone. The Marrakech Medina, a UNESCO World Heritage site, was hit by the quake. ![]() Historic sites have been damaged there a small mosque at the heart of the Marrakech Medina in the city’s historical quarter almost entire collapsed. More than 400 meanwhile perished in the southwestern Moroccan city of Taroudant.Īnd more than 300,000 people have been affected in Marrakech and surrounding areas, according to the WHO. Mustapha Louaanabi, who also lives in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains, described the moment the earthquake struck, saying there were “loud, deafening noises” and it felt as if “a train was passing right in the middle of the living room.” Soumia Sandoval, based in Los Angeles, California, told CNN she learned from family friends that their village at the base of the mountains was flattened by the quake. A man looks at the rubble of homes in the village of Talat N'Yacoub, south of Marrakech, on Monday.
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