Morocco quake aftermath; how to build with earthquake resilience?
By France24
18 September 2023 |
10:42 am
It's been one week since an earthquake struck Morocco, killing nearly 3000 people...The hardest-hit areas were those south of Marrakesh, where many mountain villages were completely destroyed. Morocco is rolling out a new aid program to re-house survivors... Around 50,000 buildings are damaged and some experts say it will take "weeks, months, years to be able to rebuild hundreds of villages.
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