‘We Could Hear Screaming and Crying:’ Canadians in Morocco Describe Earthquake

A man stands next to a damaged hotel after the earthquake in Moulay Ibrahim village, near the epicentre of the earthquake, outside Marrakech, Morocco, Sept. 9, 2023. The Canadian Press/AP-Mosa'ab Elshamy

Canadians who are in Morocco say an earthquake that’s killed more than 2,000 people  and injured hundreds more in the North African country is “absolutely incredible” and “terrifying.”

Fiona Richards of Nelson, B.C., who’s on vacation in the old part of Marrakech, said she and friends from Vancouver were in a home’s open courtyard when the shaking started Friday.