When the magnitude 7-8 earthquake struck northwest Syria on February 6, 2023, thousands of people were already displaced,thousands were killed in the region and 170,000 had become homeless once again. After a year, there is no longer any emergency assistance, and some people are taking refuge in abandoned buildings.
The High Atlas Mountains earthquake in Morocco last month that claimed over 3,000 lives also had an impact on the region’s flourishing tourist industry, a major source of jobs and income. The many challenges that impoverished mountain communities are currently facing as they begin the difficult task of rebuilding are made worse by the stream of visitor cancellations.
Less than two weeks after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake, there killed and injured thousands of people and razed entire villages, children are returning to school in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains. Many students will be learning in tents or in Marrakesh, which is the nearest city, for the time being since 600 or so local schools were destroyed.
Following the recent historic 6.8-magnitude earthquake, which left at least 2,900 people killed and more than 5,500 injured, Moroccans have united together and shown generosity to the survivors.
The most powerful earthquake to strike Morocco in more than a century has left behind extensive damage. However, residents say that the earthquake has shown Moroccans’ resilience and spirit.
Hundreds of thousands of survivors of the earthquake that struck southern Turkey and Syria on February 6 sought refuge in the neighboring Turkish city of Mersin. The city administration claims they urgently need more assistance to handle the inflow.
Farmers are struggling with the devastation in a region essential to supplying food to a rebel-held enclave in Idlib as the northeast of Syria struggles to recoup from the earthquakes that struck in February.
Europe’s largest city, Istanbul was spared the wrath of Turkey’s February earthquakes, but its mayor warns bad building construction could mean a huge disaster is waiting to happen.
After being severly damaged by the earthquakes in February, the rebel-controlled province of Idlib in Syria is trying to rebuild its shattered educational infrastructure.
Religious minorities who live in the region are among the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the earthquake in Turkey in early February.