Hope for survivors is fading after Morocco's strongest quake in more than a century

Survivors with shovels have been working alongside bulldozers to dig through remote villages flattened by the monstrous earthquake that has claimed more than 2,400 lives since Friday.

A man walks past rubble caused by the earthquake in the village of Tafeghaghte, near Marrakech, Morocco, on Monday.A man walks past rubble caused by the earthquake in the village of Tafeghaghte, near Marrakech, Morocco, on Monday.

A French aid group that specializes in locating people trapped under debris said it is withdrawing an offer to send a nine-person search-and-rescue team after waiting without success for a green light from Morocco to deploy. Rescuers Without Borders' founder, Arnaud Fraisse, told The Associated Press that"our role is not to find bodies.

Moroccan officials have so far accepted government-offered aid from just four countries — Spain, Qatar, Britain and the United Arab Emirates. Morocco's Interior Ministry says officials want to avoid a lack of coordination that"would be counterproductive."

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