Majority of Afghanistan earthquake victims are women and children, WHO
Women and children make up two-thirds of the victims of the recent earthquakes in Afghanistan who were hospitalised with severe injuries, the head of the...
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Afghanistan earthquake death toll rises to ‘more than 1,000’, says gov’t spokesman
The death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply Sunday to more than 1,000 as rescuers scrabbled for survivors among the...
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100 killed, 500 injured as magnitude 6.3 quakes hit western
Two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country’s national disaster authority said. Issued on: 07/10/2023 – 13:15Modified: 07/10/2023...
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Netherlands halts Groningen gas extraction over quake concerns
The Netherlands halted extraction from Europe’s biggest gas field on Sunday, which was resulting in earthquakes that have shaken local residents for decades and threaten...
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Rescue teams pursue search efforts in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains amid challenging conditions
Morocco accepted aid from four nations – the UK, Spain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates – after a powerful earthquake ripped through the country on...
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Aid is slow to arrive to remote Moroccan villages following quake
Issued on: 16/09/2023 – 08:07Modified: 16/09/2023 – 09:06 02:37 In the Moroccan village of Tolkin, located 80 kilometres from Marrakech, traditional mudbrick houses were ill-suited...
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Rescue teams dig for quake survivors, bodies in Morocco mountain
Rescue teams stepped up on Wednesday a massive effort in devastated Moroccan mountain villages as chances faded for finding survivors from last week’s earthquake which...
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Morocco quake survivors plead for help as rescuers race against time
Medics treated a constant flow of casualties after Morocco’s strongest-ever earthquake killed more than 2,800 people, but hopes were fading Tuesday of finding more survivors under...
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Special edition: Morocco mourns over 2,800 lives lost in quake as
Issued on: 11/09/2023 – 19:19Modified: 11/09/2023 – 20:59 41:12 From the medinas to the mountains, locals wept for their lost relatives in the rubble of...
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Morocco’s deadly earthquake triggers surge of solidarity in France
In the wake of the devastating earthquake that killed roughly 2,500 people in Morocco late on Friday, French cities and civic associations have mobilised to...
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Survivors await aid, dread aftershocks in Morocco village stricken by
Like many other settlements in Morocco’s stricken Atlas Mountains, the village of Moulay Brahim suffered serious damage and high casualties in Friday’s devastating earthquake. The...
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‘It’s rare to have such large earthquakes in this area’
On Friday evening, Morocco was hit by a magnitude 7 earthquake in the province of Al-Haouz, killing more than 2,000 people. While the seismic risk...