The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on Tuesday called for donations worth €105 million to support relief operations in Morocco following the earthquake.
“We need 100 million Swiss francs (105 million euros) to be able to respond to the most urgent needs,” such as health, water and sanitation and hygiene,” said IFRC chief operating officer Caroline Holt. at a press conference held in Geneva, Switzerland.
The earthquake that hit Morocco on September 8 caused more than 2,800 deaths and more than 2,500 injuries and caused widespread damage in the Marrakesh region.
The earthquake, whose epicenter was recorded in the town of Ighil, 63 kilometers southwest of the city of Marrakech, was felt in Portugal and Spain and reached a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale, according to the National Institute of Geophysics of Marrakesh. – The United States Geological Survey recorded a magnitude of 6.8.
This earthquake is the deadliest in Morocco since the one that destroyed Agadir, on the country’s western coast, on February 29, 1960, causing between 12,000 and 15,000 deaths, a third of the city’s population.
Source: TSF
