A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Morocco on Friday, resulting in a death toll of more than 1,000. The convulsion was the strongest to hit the country's centre in more than a century.
Montreal is home to Canada’s largest Moroccan population and on Saturday, many community members awoke to the tragic news that the country’s central region was struck overnight by its largest recorded earthquake in over a century.as reported by the BBC
Yassine’s family is in Casablanca, the largest city in the North African country, where the impacts of the earthquake were also felt. He said that after the earthquake, his family slept on the street for fear of a second one. Noureddene Mosbah, who has family in Marrakesh, said some people woke up with “nothing” in the impacted areas.He says his friend told him on the phone this morning that he doesn’t have water or food.Members of Montreal’s Moroccan community gathered at La Amistad Cafe on Saturday morning as they awaited updates regarding the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that damaged infrastructure and took the lives of more than 1,000 people on Friday night.
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