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Hopes fade for survivors as Morocco quake toll passes 2,800

Women walk on the rubble of homes in Imoulas village in the Taroudant province, one of the most devastated in quake-hit Morocco, on September 11, 2023 [Fethi Belaid/AFP]

Rescuers are racing against time to find survivors in the remote areas hit hardest by Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades, with the death toll climbing to more than 2,800 people.

Search teams from Spain, the United Kingdom and Qatar have joined Moroccan rescue efforts after the magnitude 6.8 quake struck late on Friday in the High Atlas Mountains, with the epicentre 72km (45 miles) southwest of Marrakesh.

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