Posted on 09/09/2023 4:58:45 AM PDT by FarCenter
Morocco earthquake death toll rises further
The death toll from the earthquake in Morocco has now risen to 820 dead and at least 672 injured, according to the Moroccan Interior Ministry.
According to official figures, the dead include 349 in the province of Al Haouz and 271 in the province of Taroudant.
Moroccan rescuers are currently picking through the rubble, with aid efforts underway in hard-hit areas.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed dismay at the severity of the earthquake, saying he was "profoundly saddened," according to his spokesman.
"He addresses his most sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a speedy recovery to the injured."
Guterres said the UN stood ready to support Morocco in efforst to deal with the situation.
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Yikes
And this was just a 20-second quake? (trying to remember from the other thread)
Probably not much if any rebar in Morocco’s residential buildings.
Don’t ask the western world (US, NATO, Canuckistan) for money, we’re broke, and sent all of our children’s childrens’ childrens’ future earnings to UKRAINE.
Ask Zelenskyyyyy.
Or, better yet, ask the MUSLIM nations to pitch in from their oil-based earnings… but they don’t really DO that, do they?
They look at loan interest as usury, and charity? Pfft.
Good point. Look at these pics. No telling when these buildings were built but you can see there's little evidence of rebar.
The one on top shows what appears to be some on the upper right side of the picture. None in the walls of the middle building.
None in the wall in the middle of the picture on the bottom.
Well my preview didn’t post as it showed. The top is now the left and bottom the right side.
Or the UN and WEF stood ready to take over the country.
The headline is saying that aid efforts are causing the death toll to rise.
Rebar? What’s rebar?!??
/s for the stupids
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