Morocco quake toll rises to 2,497

Another 2,476 people were injured, the ministry said, updating a previous toll of 2,122 dead and 2,400 wounded.

She loaded her car with food and drove more than 200 kilometers east to distribute it to needy villagers in the aftermath of the strongest earthquake ever to hit the North African country. Tafeghaghte is around 60 kilometers from the tourist center of Marrakesh and accessible only by a narrow dusty track.In a small warehouse spared by the quake, three villagers stored packs of water, sacks of flour, tea, canned goods, and cakes that Boujdig and like-minded benefactors brought to the village.

The 34-year-old is barely holding it together: his mother, brother, grandfather, three cousins, and the wives of two of his uncles all died in the quake. A volunteer, Mohamed Belkaid, drove from Marrakesh after filling his car with packs of water to distribute in the mountain villages.“I wanted to help people affected by the earthquake. On the way, many people asked me about the situation in Tafeghaghte, so I decided to go there,” he said.

A group of 13 people drove more than 790 kilometers from Al-Hoceima in two vans and two cars to bring food aid to the stricken Al-Haouz villages.

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