By Alexander Cornwell OUTAGHRRI, Morocco (Reuters) - Some Moroccan villagers who lost everything in last week's earthquake were fending for themselves ...
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With some survivors voicing frustration at the slow pace of the emergency response, King Mohammed on Tuesday made his first televised appearance since the quake, meeting injured people at a hospital in Marrakech. "It's really hard. It's cold," said Said Ait Hssaine, 27, who returned to the village from his current home in Marrakech to help after the quake. He said survivors were fearful of aftershocks and struggling to come to terms with the deaths and destruction.
"Winter will come soon and it will be very difficult for people. Life was difficult here even when people lived in their houses. It snows here. Tents will not solve the problem," said Ouazzo Naima, 60, who lost eight relatives in the quake.
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