In devastated villages in the High Atlas Mountains, emergency workers encounter “horrific” conditions, brutal grief and tremendous obstacles following Morocco’s earthquake.
TALAT N’YAAQOUB, Morocco — The death toll from Morocco’s devastating earthquake approached 3,000 people, the government announced Monday, as international rescuers arrived and the tremendous obstacles facing emergency workers — struggling to reach those trapped under rubble, in remote mountain hamlets, along roads blocked by landslides — burst into view.
But other governments, including Germany, suggested that their offers of assistance had been met with silence, causing puzzlement and consternation, given the enormity of the challenge and the shrinking time left to find survivors.A 50-person team from Germany’s Technical Relief Agency assembled at Cologne Bonn Airport over the weekend but was sent home Sunday. Rescue workers in other parts of Europe, including France, also remained grounded.
In Asni, about 25 miles south of Marrakesh, a military field hospital and displacement camp were set up for civilians from devastated communities in the surrounding hills. The field hospital, which is equipped for surgery, did not yet have any patients early Monday as soldiers rushed to complete it, and several ambulances nearby sat idle.Morocco’s civil protection service had erected 30 tents for families, who in some cases had to double up.
Her entire family — parents, husband, two brothers and their wives — also perished in the earthquake, which reduced their home to a mound of wood, concrete and crumbled red clay.Village women cradled Habiba’s head and stroked her brow. “Thank God at least he died close to you, so you can bury him,” one of the women murmured to her.
Rania Najji, 24, whose family lived near Habiba, said the villagers were all sleeping out in the open in the cold at night. No tents had arrived, but donors had brought plenty of food, she said.“The Moroccan state brought us nothing beyond rescue aid and the civil protection services,” she said. “People want access to food, milk for babies, clothes, diapers.”The road to Talat N'Yaacoub, Morocco, in the days following a a 6.8-magnitude earthquake.
Österreich Neuesten Nachrichten, Österreich Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Moroccan earthquake survivors left to fend for themselves in the Atlas MountainsMoulay Brahim was once a happy place for Sami Sensis. The village is located high in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains, and its scenery, the fresh air, the friendly people drew his parents there nearly every summer.
Weiterlesen »
High school football: St. Bonaventure grounds Archbishop Riordan’s high-flying offenseArchbishop Riordan surrenders a two fourth-quarter leads in back-and-forth game.
Weiterlesen »
Morocco earthquake kills more than 2,000 people, survivors sleep roughMoroccan earthquake survivors huddled for a night in the open on the High Atlas Mountains on Saturday, a day after the country's deadliest quake in...
Weiterlesen »
Morocco earthquake live updates: Rescuers dig for survivors with their handsAt least 2,122 people were killed and 2,421 injured in Friday night's magnitude 6.8 earthquake in the Moroccan High Atlas Mountains southeast of Marrakech.
Weiterlesen »
Moroccan rescue teams face challenges in reaching earthquake victims in the mountainsRemote villages in the Atlas Mountains are among the hardest hit by Friday's earthquake that killed more than 2,000. Crews are struggling to reach communities amid aftershocks and damaged roads.
Weiterlesen »