As the dust began to settle, panic set in.
Screams echoed through the narrow streets of Marrakech’s old city as the extent of injuries and damage became apparent. Just seconds before the magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook the Moroccan city, scores of people had been enjoying their Friday evening in the crowded alleys and on the city’s bustling Jemaa el-Fnaa square. Others had been asleep when the ground began to violently shake just after 11 p.m. local time .
The morning after, some of them were still there, many of the city’s parks, plazas and parking lots transformed into tragic impromptu campsites. Others decided to leave. Families, including pets, packed into small overcrowded cars, climbed aboard motorbikes, or – in some cases – even opted for horse-drawn carriages. Those who could, CNN was told, opted to leave for Morocco’s coastal cities of Rabat or Casablanca.
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