Ordinary citizens are stepping in to support victims of the deadly earthquake in Morocco. Some have complained that the authorities were slow to act. Maria Boujdig, who lives in one of the villages hardest hit in mountainous Al-Haouz province, loaded her car with food and drove more than 200 kilometers east, to distribute it to needy villagers.
The earthquake is the strongest ever to hit the North African country, according to AFRINEWS.
The quake has killed more than 2,000 people, injured more than 2, 400 others, and flattened entire villages.
CNN reports that rescuers are searching through rubble and trying to reach isolated communities after a devastating earthquake struck Morocco, killing thousands and leaving more injured or unaccounted for.
The quake is the strongest to hit the nation’s center in more than a century, and its epicenter was not far from popular tourist and economic hub Marrakech.
At least 2,497 people have been killed in the disaster and 2,476 have been injured, state media said on Monday.
Source: CNN