Tokyo, 10 September, /AJMEDIA/
The death toll from Friday’s magnitude 6.8 quake in Morocco has reached 2,012 with another 2,059 injured, the country’s Interior Ministry said.
Of the injured, 1,404 were seriously hurt, the government said Saturday, as military personnel and ambulance staff continued rescue operations in the central part of the North African country.
Many people who were trapped inside collapsed homes have been rescued, but search efforts are likely to face difficulties with roads blocked by debris.
“Some of the worst-affected areas are quite remote and mountainous, therefore hard to reach,” the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said in a statement.
The organization called for international support, saying months to years of assistance will be required.
The powerful quake occurred on Friday night with the epicenter located south of Marrakech, a popular tourist area with historic buildings.
