BBC OS Conversations: The earthquake in Morocco

The Documentary Podcast

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Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The earthquake struck in a region of the High Atlas Mountains. Its force destroyed entire villages and could be felt across the country, and even in neighbouring Algeria. Around 3,000 people lost their lives and thousands were injured. It’s described as the worst earthquake in the country in 60 years. Tour guide Mohamed and Majda, an architect, tell host James Reynolds what it was like when the earthquake struck their hometown of Marrakesh. We speak to Paul Philipp, a rescue volunteer in Germany and Ayça Aydın, a Turkish rescue worker, from the organisation Global Empowerment Mission. She visited some of the worst affected areas to care for survivors.

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0:00.0	Unexpected elements is the podcast exploring the science behind the headlines.
0:04.8	It's a real melting pot.
0:06.0	Yeah, the surface has lots happening.
0:08.0	Unexpected elements from the BBC World Service.
0:11.0	Find it wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
0:16.0	Hello, I'm James Reynolds.
0:18.0	Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
0:21.0	In BBC OS conversations, we bring people together from around the world
0:26.0	to share their experiences.
0:28.0	And this time, it's conversations on the earthquake in Morocco.
0:37.0	In the devastated High Atlas Mountains, isolated villages have been reduced to
0:42.0	little more than piles of rubble.
0:44.0	We hear from survivors as well as volunteers and rescue workers who are trying to help.
0:49.0	I mean, the pain, there are some positive stories.
0:53.0	Just yesterday, it was so beautiful to see there was a newborn baby.
0:57.0	Probably one day, one day old, still with the embolical cord.
1:01.0	They got that baby out of the ground.
1:06.0	North Africa is now confronting the aftermath of two disasters in just a matter of days.
1:13.0	The earthquake in Morocco.
1:15.0	And then, as we were trying to understand what had happened there,
1:18.0	we got news of the devastating floods in the east of Libya.
1:22.0	And we plan to bring you conversations from Libya in next week's edition.
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