Race to find survivors as Morocco quake deaths top 2,000

Authorities declared three days of national mourning, but the Red Cross warned that it could take years to repair the damage.

In the late afternoon, soldiers continued to search through debris, but most survivors headed to the cemetery where loud screams punctuated the last rites as some 70 villagers were laid to rest. The latest update from the interior ministry late Saturday showed the quake had killed at least 2,012 people, the vast majority in Al-Haouz, the epicentre, and Taroudant provinces.Civil defence Colonel Hicham Choukri who is heading relief operations told state television earlier the epicentre and strength of the earthquake created"an exceptional emergency situation".

"I thought my bed was going to fly away. I went out into the street half-naked and immediately went to see my riads. It was total chaos, a real catastrophe, madness," he said. "I have at least 10 members of my family who died... I can hardly believe it, as I was with them no more than two days ago," she said.

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