“My condolences to all the families of the victims of the earthquake in Morocco, and all the strength to the injured and to the people who were affected by the terrible catastrophe,” Leo said in a story. Thus he referred to the phenomenon that was, with a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter scale, the strongest in the country in a century.
Yesterday, meanwhile, players of the Morocco national team They went to donate blood to help the 2,059 injured, 1,404 of them critical, according to the Ministry of the Interior of that country reported on Saturday night. The photos of the athletes while they were performing the extractions were shared on the official networks of the team that was the revelation of the Qatar World Cup 2022 and advanced to the semi-finals, where they lost to France.
For its part, this Sunday during the Angelus, the Pope Francisco He expressed his solidarity with those affected and assured: “I pray for the injured, for those who lost their lives, many of them, and for their families. I thank the lifeguards. In this tragic moment we are close to the people of Morocco”.
The earthquake in Morocco
The rescuers This Sunday they accelerated the search for possible survivors trapped under the rubble of the towns devastated in Morocco by a violent earthquake, which has already left more than 2,000 dead.
The earthquake that occurred on Friday night, of magnitude 6.8 according to the American geological services and 7 according to the Moroccan center for scientific and technical research, was the More powerful since hoh modern records in this North African kingdom.
The telluric movement left at least 2,012 dead and 2,059 injured, of which 1,404 are in very serious condition, the Ministry of the Interior reported on Saturday night. “Public authorities are still mobilized to accelerate the rescue operations and evacuation of the wounded,” he added.
The province of Al Haouz, the epicenter of the earthquake, was the hardest hit and recorded 1,293 deaths, followed by Taroudant with 452 fatalities. In these two areas located to the southwest of the tourist city of Marrakech, the movement destroyed entire villages.
The town of Tafeghaghtea few kilometers to the west, was practically destroyed by the earthquake, whose epicenter was located just fifty kilometers away, according to an AFP team.
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