The death toll for the Morocco earthquake has risen to 632, with 329 people injured, Morocco’s state-run TV station Al Aoula has said, citing the Ministry of Interior.
Fifty-one people are in critical condition, Al Aoula said.
More than 600 people have been killed after a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco on Friday night, according to state TV.
Rescue teams are reportedly struggling to reach the most affected areas.
The epicenter was in the High Atlas mountains, about 72 kilometers (44.7 miles) southwest of Marrakech, a city of some 840,000 people and a popular tourist destination.
The quake was the strongest to hit that part of the North African nation in more than 120 years, according to the US Geological Survey.
Marrakech’s historic walls, a set of defensive ramparts first laid out in the early 12th century, have been damaged
