‘Complete Destruction’: Canadians Mobilize to Help Morocco After Earthquake

A Canadian aid worker in Morocco says he’s seen scenes of “complete destruction” in the wake of the 6.8-magnitude earthquake
‘Complete Destruction’: Canadians Mobilize to Help Morocco After Earthquake
A person sits among wreckage caused by an earthquake in the town of Imi N'tala, outside Marrakech, Morocco, on Sept. 12, 2023. The Canadian Press/AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy
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A Canadian aid worker in Morocco says he’s seen scenes of “complete destruction” in the wake of a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 2,900 people and left many more injured and homeless.

Hassaan Sheikh of Islamic Relief Canada says his team is distributing blankets and mattresses in villages near the quake’s epicentre—about 70 kilometres south of the city of Marrakech—as bodies are being pulled from the rubble of flattened homes.