2023-09-13 21:07:31
Updated: Sep 13, 2023 | 21:07
13 sep 2023 | 21:06
After the earthquake that affected Morocco and caused the death of almost 3,000 people, the prediction of rain starting this Wednesday will aggravate the chaos generated. The biggest fear is that the compaction of the adobe land, which is practically dirt, will turn into mud.
A difficult situation when the images that come from the Maghreb country continue to overwhelm us, where entire towns have been reduced to rubble, with no survivors. Frustrated rescuers say there is nothing they can do and have left five days after the earthquake. The population is forced to sleep in what were once streets and are now dangerous mudflats.
Concern grows and threatens to make the situation a thousand times worse since now we also look to the sky. In the next few hours, rain is expected and those already hit by the earthquake fear that everything will turn into a muddy mess. The president of Firefighters United Without Borders (BUSF), Antonio Nogales, has warned that “everything is going to be much more compacted, it will be more complex to remove the bodies still buried.”
In the mountain area, there are still very unstable villages where these rains could cause new landslides. A neighbor says that “I have found people without clothes, they say it could rain and they have nothing to cover themselves with, it is very cold there.” A bad omen for those who continue sleeping rough.
“The rain is on the way, we need a tent, they have only given us blankets,” said one affected person. And when the water comes, these makeshift camps built on land will be flooded. Malika, another neighbor, points out that they don’t know “where they are going to go.”
“Winter is coming, rain is coming, we have small children,” he laments. Added to the possible arrival of rainfall is the withdrawal of international aid. “We did not hear news that other rescue teams were finding people alive,” explain the firefighters. Many only have to pick up the pieces of a past life to leave the devastation behind.
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