The rescue teams will be out next Monday Morocco Together with other foreign teams, they continued the search for survivors buried in the rubble of buildings after the strong magnitude 7 earthquake that struck the African country.

The earthquake is the worst in the kingdom in more than sixty years and destroyed entire villages in the region southwest of the tourist city of Marrakech (center) on Friday evening.

A report from the authorities shows that 2,681 people were killed and more than 2,500 were injured. Morocco announced on Sunday evening that it had accepted proposals from Spain, the United Kingdom, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to “send search and rescue teams.”

However, Spanish rescuers were already working in towns in southern Marrakech, Talat Nyayoub and Amizmiz.

The baby born minutes before the earthquake in Morocco (and waiting with her family in a tent for help)

Twelve ambulances and several dozen 4x4s from the army and gendarmerie were deployed in Talat Nyayoub. About a hundred Moroccan rescuers received orders before starting searches.

Not far away, a team of thirty Spanish firefighters, a doctor, a nurse and two technicians were working in consultation with the Moroccan authorities.

Numerous countries such as France, the United States and Israel made themselves available to the North African kingdom.

“The great difficulty lies in remote areas that are difficult to access, like here, but the wounded are transported by helicopter,” said the head of the Spanish fire brigade team, Annika Coll.

“It is difficult to say whether the chances of finding survivors are decreasing, because for example in Turkey (where a violent earthquake took place in February) we found a woman alive after six and a half days. “There is always hope,” he added.

The death toll from the earthquake in Morocco rises to almost 2,500

“It is also important to find the lifeless bodies because the families need to know and mourn,” he added.

In Tikht, a small village near Adassil, a minaret and a handful of mud houses stand as the only survivors in an apocalyptic landscape.

“Life has ended here,” lamented Mohssin Aksum, a 33-year-old resident. “The city is dead.”

Nearby, Moroccan security forces dig graves for victims or set up yellow tents for homeless survivors.

The President of the Moroccan government, Aziz Ajanuch, made his first statement after the earthquake on Monday, announcing compensation so that citizens who lost their homes can rebuild them.

In a statement to Moroccan media, Ajanuch said that the Ministry of the Interior and other emergency services are currently making great efforts to help people in difficulties. “There are dead people who need to be buried, food aid also needs to be given,” he stated.

After this phase, he spoke about the reconstruction, for which he announced the decision, in accordance with the instructions of King Mohamed VI, to “compensate these people so that they can rebuild their homes.”

“In the coming days we will announce a plan regarding these disadvantaged people, we have set up committees and we have started working. During this period, we will find solutions to house these people until they build their houses,” he said.

Achanuch also announced that there are about 500 damaged schools in the country with different levels of education that also need to be rebuilt, which will be part of the plan, as well as health centers and roads. “In the coming days,” he said, “we will provide exact answers about what this plan will look like.” (JO)