India TV conducted a fact-check investigation, concluding that the viral video originates from World Youth Day 2023, a Catholic festival held in Lisbon, Portugal, from August 1 to August 6, 2023.
The video that is going viral on social media claiming to be related to an earthquake in Morocco has been fact-checked, and it has been confirmed that the video is from Syria, not Morocco. Despite the strong tremors of the earthquake, the people in the video were seen continuing to pray in a mosque.
The search and rescue operations being conducted by the Moroccan teams had a helping hand from Spain, Britain, and Qatar to find survivors from the 6.8 magnitude quake that struck the High Atlas Mountains late on Friday (September 8), toppling several buildings.
The sheer scale of the disaster in the aftermath of the quake can be imagined that the people slept in the streets of Marrakech for a third straight night as soldiers and other international aid teams carried on their rescue operation into the remote mountain towns in trucks and helicopters.
Nora Fatehi took to her Instagram handle to express gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his heartfelt condolences and support to quake-hit Morocco.
Morocco earthquake: The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday night has surpassed 2,000, according to country's interior ministry.
According to the Morocco Interior Ministry, 2,012 people were killed and 2,059 injured in the earthquake of magnitude 6.8 with an epicentre some 72 km southwest of Marrakech.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 with an epicentre some 72 km southwest of Marrakech struck Morocco late Friday night, felling buildings including a UNESCO World Heritage site. The earthquake survivors spent the Saturday night in a huddle in the open on the High Atlas Mountains.
Several buildings were toppled in the powerful earthquake which, according to Morocco's geophysical centre, struck in the Ighil area of the High Atlas with a magnitude of 7.2. The U.S. Geological Survey read the quake's magnitude at 6.8 on Ritcher scale.
A minibus carrying an unknown number of passengers on its way to the Demnate town in central Morocco overturned at a curve, say local authorities.
Morocco beat Colombia in their final group-stage game 1-0 in the FIFA Women's World Cup and qualified for the knockouts for the first time in history.
It was a day of a lot of firsts for Morocco's women's team in their second match of the FIFA Women's World Cup in New Zealand as they beat South Korea 1-0 in Adelaide.
It's worth noting that the match has cultural and political connotations as Morocco was under French rule from 1912-1956
The French football team defeated the England team in the quarterfinal of the tournament. Didier Deschamps' side now face Morocco's challenge in the semifinal to book their meet in the final.
Spain vs Morocco FIFA World Cup Highlights: Education City stadium has braced itself up for another round of 16 match. This time it is Spain taking on Morocco
Talwar, who is currently a Senior Advisor at the State Department, has held senior national security and foreign policy positions in the State Department, the White House and the Senate.
Morocco kept its borders closed for months in 2020 because of the pandemic, fearing that its health system wouldn't be able to manage the surges of patients seen in nearby Europe.
Deadly road accidents are common in Morocco, often caused by high speed, bad condition of roads and reckless driving.
With Portugal also drawing with Iran, Spain progressed as group winner because it scored more goals.
The 2010 champions can go through if they beat or draw with already-eliminated Morocco or if Portugal beats Iran in the other match in their group.
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