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Buildings are made of traditional materials like mud brick, and nearly every one was damaged. Ten people here were killed and the survivors face sleeping out in the Cold Mountain air for a second night. As rescuers dig to find victims, families rush to dig graves. Islamic tradition requires bodies to be buried as soon as possible. In the past few hours, moroccos king, mohammed the sixth, held an emergency cabinet meeting. The government has told local authorities to stockpile tents, food and drinking water. Authorities are also rushing to reinforce the National Stock of blood, and people have been queuing up to make donations. The bbc s nick beake sent this report from marrakech. First, the panic as they run for their lives. Then the chaos as debris rains down and dust consumes the streets. This is marrakesh in the moments after the quake. Late night diners flee their tables. ....
Families trapped under the rubble. But roads to more remote and mountainous areas are blocked by landslides. There has been extensive damage in the old city of marrakech, which is a unesco World Heritage site. Its the most deadly earthquake to hit morocco since the 1960s when more than 12 thousand people were killed near agadir. First the panic as they run for their lives. Then the chaos as debris rains down and dust consumes the streets. This is marrakesh in the moments after the quake. Late night diners flee their tables. At the mosque, screams as the tower seems to sway, but doesnt succumb. But many other buildings in the city crumbled. Theyd stood for hundreds of years and collapsed in seconds. But it is in the Atlas Mountains where there is the greatest damage and the greatest loss of life. In this province more than 500 now confirmed dead. Isolated communities hard to ....