TIKHT, Morocco—Moroccan rescuers supported by newly-arrived foreigners on Monday faced an intensifying race against time to dig out any survivors
from the rubble of mountain villages, on the third day after the country’s strongest-ever earthquake.
It noted the foreign teams were in contact with Moroccan authorities to coordinate efforts, and said only four offers had been accepted so far, arguing that “a lack of coordination could be counterproductive”. Spain has sent 86 rescuers and eight search dogs to the north African country to “help in the search and rescue of survivors of the devastating earthquake suffered in our neighboring country”, said a defense ministry statement.
Previously home to at least 100 families, the quake left Tikht a tangle of timber, chunks of masonry as well as broken plates, shoes and the occasional intricately patterned rug. “Everyone must mobilize,” said one volunteer, Mohamed Belkaid, 65. “And that includes the authorities, but they seem to be absent.”
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