By Alexander Cornwell TALAT N'YAAQOUB, Morocco (Reuters) - A man who lost both parents in Morocco's earthquake said he felt betrayed by the ...
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"We waited for help," he told Reuters at the scene."People were dead under the rubble but there was no help." The death toll from the 6.8 magnitude quake that hit the High Atlas on Friday evening rose to 2,901 on Tuesday, with the number of injured more than doubling to 5,530, state television reported. Villagers in devastated mountain areas often voiced frustration at having received no help from the state.
But the earthquake-stricken area is sprawling, rugged and isolated. Some roads have been blocked by landslides, leaving some of the most hard-hit areas reachable only by helicopter.
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