Of morocco this hour. Unfortunately, Tragically Thousands are dead after a deadly 6. 8 magnitude earthquake struck near the city of marrakech. We will have the update in just a moment on that tragedy. Plus, a major win for prosecutors in georgia as a judge rules against mark meadows. But that could be a huge setback for donald trump. And senator tubervilles blockade, his colleagues wont call him out, but those who actually served well. Im Ayman Mohyeldin, lets get started. We start overseas with the powerful earthquake which has killed more than 2000 people, injuring more than 2000 others in moroccos Southern Region. Search and rescue teams are still reaching some of the most affected areas, many of which are remote in mountains as we see that staggering death toll continue to rise. Sky news correspondent adam parsons is in marrakech. Then marrakech is having to come to terms with its burden of grief and also the chaos that has followed this natural disaster. And theres still real fear
Blockade, his colleagues wont call him out, but those who actually served well. Im Ayman Mohyeldin, lets get started. We start overseas with the powerful earthquake which has killed more than 2000 people, injuring more than 2000 others in moroccos Southern Region. Search and rescue teams are still reaching some of the most affected areas, many of which are remote in mountains as we see that staggering death toll continue to rise. Sky news correspondent adam parsons is in marrakech. Then marrakech is having to come to terms with its burden of grief and also the chaos that has followed this natural disaster. And theres still real fear about what could happen. Heres a very good example of that nervousness, this restaurant behind me which badly damaged by the earthquake on friday night, but it only actually collapsed hours and hours later. Its that nervousness thats affecting so many people here. Its why you see Hundreds Sleeping Rough because they are fearful that buildings and their home
Thank you, my, friends enjoy the rest of your. Evening good evening to you, welcome to ayman. We have some Breaking News out of morocco this hour. Unfortunately, Tragically Thousands are dead after a deadly 6. 8 magnitude earthquake struck near the city of marrakech. We will have the update in just a moment on that tragedy. Plus, a major win for prosecutors in georgia as a judge rules against mark meadows. But that could be a huge setback for donald trump. And senator tubervilles blockade, his colleagues wont call him out, but those who actually served will. Im Ayman Mohyeldin, lets get started. We start overseas with the powerful earthquake which has killed more than 2000 people, injuring more than 2000 others in moroccos Southern Region. Search and rescue teams are still reaching some of the most affected areas, many of which are remote in mountains as we see that staggering death toll continue to rise. Sky news correspondent adam parsons is in marrakech. Then marrakech is having to
Everyone was scared. And i was shocked and didnt understand what was happening. I thought it was only my house that was moving because its fragile and old. I heard people screaming. Everyone went out of their houses. The street is full of people and women screaming thats what happened. Even now, people cant go back home home because theyre still afraid. Look at this video two, men, you see them run because they feel the shaking. Moments later, you see the panic, more people running and then this, Rubble Falling when a hand had been moments before. Wow, wow. Nearly 700 people were reportedly injured in the quake. And now there is a race to reach the victims in the most affected areas. But Officials Say teams are struggling to get to those places. Cnns ben wedeman is on the ground now. Ben, whats the latest in terms of the Rescue Efforts . Reporter well, those Rescue Efforts have been intense over the last few hours. Unfortunately, you know, the epicenter is about 45 mile to the southwes
i m victor blackwell. you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with the news out of morocco of a devastating erk. the official death toll has risen to 1,037 deaths after a powerful magnitude 6.8 quake. the strongest to hit the north african nation in more than a century, it struck late last night, centered in the mountains surrounding marakesh, a tourist destination. the world health organization says more than 300,000 people in that city were affected. officials say there are more than 1,000 confirmed injuries, too, and with the sun up now, there is a race to reach victims in the most affected areas. but officials say rescue teams are struggling to get to those places. cnn s ben wedeman joins us now. rescue efforts are under way, but there is a concern this morning about aftershocks, especially knowing that morocco s infrastructure is not built for these kinds of large quakes. reporter: this is not considered a quake zone, in fact, and one of the problems is this earthquak