[GEO.TV] Rescue efforts continued Monday to search for survivors under the rubble as the latest corpse count by the Moroccan authorities was estimated at over 2,862 with another 2,562 injured days after a devastating 6.8 earthquake struck Friday near the tourist hotspot.The powerful earthquake struck the Atlas Mountains.
Moroccan and Spanish rescuers there were hard at work trying to extract five members of a family from a house that had been crushed by the quake.
According to AFP, Moroccan troops were handing out hundreds of blankets to residents who had lost their homes.
"My mother died, her house is ruined. My place in Amizmiz no longer exists so we sleep outside in tents with my two children aged four months and six years," said a 32-year-old construction worker.
"No one from the authorities has offered us accommodation. We are completely lost."
In the rural commune of Ighil, at the epicentre of the quake, helicopters made several round trips to ferry aid, AFP reported.