![]() Taylor Swift's latest tour stop in Seattle was so lively that it registered as an earthquake, according to a local expert. The so-called "Swift Quake" was detected on a local seismometer, an expert told CNN. This is too much."Īssociated Press writers John Leicester and Elaine Ganley in Paris and Mark Carlson in Imi N'Tala contributed to this report.Taylor Swift recently brought the Eras Tour to Seattle's Lumen Field.Ī seismologist said the concerts caused seismic activity equivalent of a 2.3 magnitude earthquake. ![]() It's politics," he said, referring to Morocco's decision not to accept aid from countries such as the United States and France. Though the government has cautioned that poorly coordinated aid "would be counterproductive," the explanation has prompted skepticism among Moroccans like Brahim Ait Blasri, who watched as they tried recovery attempts. Villadry's five-person, four-dog crew from Nice was among the few French NGOs to have made it to the disaster site. Morocco has limited the amount of aid allowed into the country in response to the earthquake and green-lit crews from only four countries - Spain, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar - and non-governmental organizations. If they're dead, it's a shame," he said, noting that recovering the dead was important for Moroccan families. ![]() From there, we don't ask ourselves questions. She's likely dead because - unlike the buildings that fell in Turkiye and Syria's earthquake earlier this year - the mud bricks used to build homes in Imi N'Tala left little space for air needed to keep people alive, said Patrick Villadry of the French rescue crew, ULIS. Sign up for breaking news alerts from CTV News, right at your fingertips.Moroccans who've come to the region from the country's larger cities hand clay tagine pots and neatly packed bags full of food aid off of the backs of trucks.Ĭamera crews from France, Spain and Qatar's Al Jazeera set up as Moroccan emergency responders - along with crews from Qatar, Spain and international NGOs - jackhammer through rocks to recover a woman's body from under a crumbling house that looks like it could fall at any moment. Pyramids of water bottles and milk cartons are stacked nearby. White and yellow tents line partially paved roads. And in Imi N'Tala - as well as in nearby Anougal, Imi N'Isli and Igourdane - aid has finally arrived. The United Nations has estimated that 300,000 people were affected by Friday night's magnitude 6.8 quake.īut things look different than in the hours and days immediately after the temblor.Ībout 38 miles (62 kilometres) north in Marrakech, King Mohammed VI is visiting a hospital and donating blood. Moroccan authorities reported 2,946 deaths as of Tuesday. ![]() The death and injury counts continue to rise as more remote villages are reached, bodies get dug up and people sent to hospitals. Donkeys bray as they pass by people covering their noses to block the smell of decomposing bodies. The scene in Imi N'Tala, which mainly houses herders and famers and where 96 residents perished in Friday's earthquake, mirrors that of dozens of places situated along the treacherous mountain roads south of Marrakech: Men in donated djellabas neatly arrange rugs atop dust and rocks to pray after looking for open space and solid ground.
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