B.C. resident recounts ‘absolutely terrifying’ experience during Morocco earthquake
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Fiona Richards said she was sitting at the home they rented, having a drink, when the ground and walls started to shake on Friday.
A Nelson, B.C., resident was in Marrakech, Morocco, on vacation when the deadly 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the region.
Fiona Richards said on Friday she was sitting at a rented home having a drink when the ground and walls started to shake.
“Suddenly the walls started to shake violently, we were slammed with a huge shaker. It felt like a dragon was under the floor,” she told Global News.
“We huddled under a doorway … absolutely terrifying.”
More than 2,000 people were killed, and the toll is expected to rise as rescuers continue to uncover buried victims.
The quake, the biggest to hit the North African country in 120 years, caused extensive damage to infrastructure in the region, with many buildings left in piles of rubble.
“The screaming and the crying … the noise from outside was just tragic,” Richards said.
Richards said the locals are extremely dependent on tourism and the earthquake has completely dried up income coming in.
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