Rishi Sunak said his thoughts are with everyone affected by the ‘terrible’ earthquake that has killed at least 800.
Rishi Sunak said his thoughts are with everyone affected by the “terrible” earthquake.
“The UK stands ready to support our Moroccan friends,” the Prime Minister wrote on social media, in a message that echoed that of Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.The Foreign Office updated its advice to Britons in the country, telling them to “follow local media and safety instructions from local authorities”.A British journalist living in Morocco described waking up to the sound of his wife screaming as the quake shook their home.
Martin Jay told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that he had just settled into sleep when the tremor struck.“I couldn’t quite equate the situation, I couldn’t imagine I was in the middle of an earthquake.A man drives past a damaged wall of the historic Medina of Marrakesh Part of their home was damaged by the earthquake, with some of the brick walls collapsing from the tremors.
The epicentre of the earthquake was near the town of Ighil in Al Haouz province, roughly 43 miles south of Marrakesh.
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