News > In a Marrakesh hospital, quake survivors ponder what comes next
In a Marrakesh hospital, quake survivors ponder what comes next
14/09/2023 12:39 PM | Click to read full article
The few hundred residents of Ijjoukak had to wait three days for rescue after the earthquake ripped through the High Atlas Mountains on Friday. Henya Bilau and 9 members of her extended family were killed the same night. Located around 2.5 hours drive outside of the thriving tourist city of Marrakesh, the impoverished hillside village of Ijjoukak stood little chance against the 6.8-magnitude earthquake.
