It was a normal Friday night, an evening just like any other, when the ground started to shudder. But for the remote and rural villages deep in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, life would never be the same again.
Measuring a terrifying 6.8 on the Richter Scale, the earthquake of September 8, 2023 left deep and devastating scars. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives with many more injured and displaced. The quiet villages of Adassil and Imlil were among the hardest hit but even the throbbing metropolis of Marrakech – some 72km away – did not escape unscathed.
