Marrakech residents assess quake damage

(10 Sep 2023)
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Marrakech, Morocco - 9 September 2023
1. People passing by the rubble of buildings destroyed by the earthquake in the Old Medina (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
HEADLINE: Marrakech residents assess quake damage
2. Man on top of debris
3. Workers removing debris
ANNOTATION: Residents of the Old Medina in Marrakech have returned to their homes to assess the damage caused by the powerful earthquake.

4. People walking past car with fallen debris
5. Collapsed wall
ANNOTATION: It brought down walls made from stone and masonry not designed to withstand such forces.

6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zouhair Mouktafi, Marrakech resident: ++PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 7 AND 8++
“Thank God that there was no person here, well only one person, a stone fell on his shoulder, and they said that he had a little injury. Thank God there were no other people here, otherwise their fate would have been death. Anything from God is welcome, we hope from God that this the last of sorrows.”
7. Mouktafi reflected in a mirror inside his damaged house
8. People walking through rubble
9. Facade of damaged building
10. Rubble from damaged building
11. Minaret of Koutoubia mosque
12. Rubble piled up in front of Koutoubia mosque
ANNOTATION: More than 2,000 people have died in the quake, mostly in Marrakech and five provinces near the epicenter. It was the biggest to hit Morocco in 120 years.
STORYLINE:
Residents of the Old Medina in Marrakech returned to their homes Saturday to assess the damage caused by the most powerful earthquake to hit Morocco in 120 years, and killed more than 2,000 people.

The earthquake struck Morocco on Friday night but the enormity of the destruction came into view in the daylight.

The quake brought down walls made from stone and masonry not designed to withstand such forces.

Rescuers worked through the night to find survivors buried in the dusty ruins.

Only one person was inside Zouhair Mouktafi’s house, that was destroyed by the earthquake.

“A stone fell on his shoulder, and they said that he had a little injury,” Mouktafi said.

“Thank God there were no other people here, otherwise their fate would have been death,” he added.

The magnitude-6.8 quake, the biggest to hit the North African country in 120 years, sent people fleeing their homes in terror and disbelief late Friday.

At least 2,012 people died in the quake, mostly in Marrakech and five provinces near the epicenter, Morocco’s Interior Ministry reported Saturday night.

At least 2,059 more people were injured — 1,404 critically — the ministry said.

Video shot for AP by Rida Tabit

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