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A rare, powerful earthquake has struck Morocco, sending people racing from their beds into the darkened streets and toppling buildings in mountainous villages and ancient cities not built to withstand

A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing more than 800 people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of Marrakech. But the full toll was not known as rescuers struggled to get through boulder-strewn roads to the remote mountain villages hit hardest.

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AMIZMIZ, Morocco (AP) — An aftershock rattled Moroccans on Sunday as they mourned victims of the nation’s strongest earthquake in more than a century and sought to rescue survivors while

AMIZMIZ, Morocco (AP) — People in Morocco slept in the streets of Marrakech for a third straight night as soldiers and international aid teams in<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/moroccans-sleep-in-the-streets-for-3rd-night-following-an-earthquake-that-took-more-than-2100-lives/">Read More</a>

Residents swept the rubble off the main unpaved road into town and people cheered when trucks full of soldiers arrived.

The United Nations estimated that 300,000 people were affected by Friday night’s magnitude 6.8 quake.

AMIZMIZ, Morocco (AP) — People in Morocco slept in the streets of Marrakech for a third straight night as soldiers and international aid teams in trucks and helicopters began to fan into remote mounta...

The disaster killed more than 2,100 people — a number that is expected to rise — and the UN estimated that 300,000 people were affected by Friday's magnitude 6.8 quake.

More than 2,000 people are confirmed dead, with the number expected to rise.