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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ruth Michaelson, and Dounia Z Mseffer in Casablanca

Morocco earthquake: mourning begins as rescue continues with death toll over 2,000

Rescuers in Morocco were trying to find survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings on Sunday as the country began three days of mourning for victims of a disaster that killed more than 2,000 people and left many more injured and homeless.

Friday’s 6.8-magnitude quake, Morocco’s deadliest in more than six decades, had an epicentre below a remote cluster of mountainous villages 45 miles south of Marrakech, and shook infrastructure as far away as the country’s northern coast.

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