Tag: Moroccos
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Navigating a Perilous Mountain Pass After Morocco’s Devastating Earthquake
[ad_1] Climbing up around 7,000 feet over the Atlas Mountains, the road through the Tizi N’Test pass bends impossibly around cliff edges, expands and pinches uncomfortably to a single fragile track, and creeps under jagged rocky outcrops. For a century now, the stretch of lonely road has been known for its stunning views and perilous…
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A Family Who Survived Morocco’s Earthquake Feel Blessed By New Life
[ad_1] Essaadia Boukdir stumbled through a valley of death in the throes of labor. Her husband, Brahim Bel Haj, held her up on one side. A cousin supported her on the other. She worried her baby would die, as so many of her neighbors had only two days earlier, when an earthquake struck high up…
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Morocco’s Quake Zone Now Fears for Its Livelihood, Too
[ad_1] Before the tourists came to marvel at the valley cradled in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, with its arid red slopes splashed with lush green and its deep-blue lake, the only living to be made was in olive farming, and not much of a living at that. Then came the modest little hiking lodge and the…
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Satellite Data Yields Clues to Morocco’s ‘Blind Earthquake’
[ad_1] Just before sunrise on Monday, a satellite peered down on regions of Morocco that had been damaged by an earthquake Friday night. The data it gathered from 430 miles above Earth is offering scientists critical clues that will help unravel the mechanics behind the quake, including pinning down the specific fault that ruptured. Key…
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Photos: Scenes From Morocco’s Deadly Magnitude-6.8 Earthquake
[ad_1] A magnitude-6.8 earthquake struck about 50 miles from the city of Marrakesh in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, killing more than 1,300 people, turning houses and buildings into rubble and terrifying residents. Morocco has a history of serious earthquakes, and the one that hit shortly after 11 p.m. on Friday was the largest…