The earthquake was so powerful that it fractured the terrain above Taskoukte. The entire village now knows the mountain could fall on them at any time.
, Morocco’s much-vaunted project to make religious sites solar powered. Homes, mosques, and other historic buildings in Marrakesh’s old city, a UNESCO-designated world heritage site, likewise sustained damage or were destroyed outright.
Asmae Barghane, the president of a cooperative in Taskoukte, a village in Ouarzazate Province southeast of Marrakesh, recounted the horror that spread throughout her community on Friday. Barghane told The Daily Beast that every house in Taskoukte had collapsed or had its structural integrity compromised by fissures. The village’s residents refused to return to any homes left standing and were instead sleeping in fields.
“There’s been a lot of misinformation spreading,” she told The Daily Beast. “I had people call me warning that it was going to happen again at specific times in different cities.”Moroccans across the kingdom and among the diaspora have shared advertisements for blood drives, calls for donations, and plans to organize caravans to the worst-hit areas.
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