Morocco Races To Save Quake Victims
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🗓️ 11 September 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
A destructive 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night and left 2,000 people dead and thousands injured. It’s the strongest to hit the country in over a century and rescue and recovery efforts have since been slow and tough.
It's looking more and more likely that auto workers will go on strike starting this Friday. That’s unless United Auto Workers and the big three U.S. carmakers reach a deal by Thursday night.
And in headlines: the Lahaina fire is officially 100% contained one month after it began, a court ruled that the White House overstepped the First Amendment and coerced social media platforms, and 19-year-old Coco Gauff came out on top to win the U.S. Open.
Show Notes:
How to Help Quake Victims in Morocco
- Moroccan Red Crescent Society – https://tinyurl.com/yomslaqo
- Doctors Without Borders – https://tinyurl.com/yqcl3kx9
- Global Giving https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/morocco-earthquake-relief-fund/
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, September 11th, I'm Josie Duffy-Race. |
| 0:09.4 | And I'm Abdul, I'll say it. |
| 0:10.4 | And this is what a day, the podcast compatible with all USB-C |
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| 0:19.1 | But we're doing it because we love Y-O-U, and because we know you got way, way too many |
| 0:23.4 | courts. |
| 0:31.3 | On today's show, Detroit auto-workers are poised to strike within days, plus 19-year-old |
| 0:35.9 | Coco Gough comes out on top to win the U.S. Open. |
| 0:38.4 | But first, an update on the deadly 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco late Friday |
| 0:43.2 | night. |
| 0:44.2 | Over 2,000 people are dead, and thousands injured, as of our recording at 930 Eastern |
| 0:48.5 | Sunday night. |
| 0:49.7 | And the quake was the strongest to hit the country in over a century. |
| 0:53.1 | Take a listen to this video recorded during the earthquake, posted on TikTok by user |
| 0:56.8 | Abby Pollard-1. |
| 1:07.6 | Just nightmare-ish, really hard to imagine, experiencing something that devastating. |
| 1:13.0 | Can you tell us a little bit more about the areas that suffered the most damage? |
| 1:16.8 | Yeah, it really is harrowing. |
| 1:19.0 | The quakes epicenter was in the mountain range over 40 miles southwest of the city of |
| 1:23.0 | Marrakesh. |
| 1:24.1 | In Marrakesh itself, many of the modern buildings were still intact, but plenty of historic structures, |
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