King Mohammed VI headed to earthquake-ravaged Marrakech on Tuesday, to assess the scope of devastation and enquire about the progress of special intervention units that have been racing time, since Friday night, to provide relief to the disaster-stricken populations, informed sources have reported.
The death toll of the 7-magnitude earthquake that hit the central regions of Morocco (especially Al Haouz region) reached on Tuesday 2,904 (all of them laid to rest).
The King cut short a private visit to France on Saturday and returned to Morocco, to convene an emergency meeting focused on assessing the damage that the region had suffered.
He had ordered the urgent deployment of important human and logistical resources, the setting up of medical-surgical field hospital for onsite medical care, and the opening of a special account with the Treasury and the central bank (Bank Al Maghrib) for collecting funds.