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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ruth Michaelson

Morocco earthquake: hope fades of finding survivors in rubble

A rescue worker searches for suvivors in the rubble of earthquake-damaged houses
A rescue worker searches for suvivors in the rubble of earthquake-damaged houses in Talat N’Yaaqoub, in Morocco’s Al Haouz province. Photograph: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images

Hope of finding earthquake survivors trapped under their homes in some of the remotest parts of the Atlas mountains in Morocco was fading rapidly as rescue efforts continued into their fourth day.

Search and rescue teams were still attempting to reach the smallest hamlets and villages in the mountainous region of Al Haouz, close to the epicentre of the 6.8-magnitude quake that struck on Friday night.

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