Morocco’s progress dealt blow by biggest earthquake in a century as official warn response may take ‘months, if not years’

Mohamed Sebbagh (66) lost his house in the deadly earthquake in Amizmiz, Morocco. Photo: Nacho Doce/Reuters

Souhail Karam

When Morocco’s top tourist city was rocked by the country’s deadliest earthquake in six decades, Hicham Aamran and his family fled to a nearby square, terrified their apartment building would collapse.

They’ve camped there since, sleeping in the open and too afraid of aftershocks to return to their Marrakesh home, as the kingdom reckons with the social and economic toll of a disaster that’s left at least 2,500 people dead.