'There is a lot of fear, a lot of panic': Irish doctor speaks from earthquake-hit Morocco

'There is a lot of fear, a lot of panic': Irish doctor speaks from earthquake-hit Morocco

People take shelter after an earthquake in Marrakech, Morocco, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 (AP Photo)

An Irish doctor has told how things flew off shelves before she and her daughters fled barefoot outdoors during Friday night’s 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Morocco.

Claire McCaughey, who has lived in the country for 15 years, said her house was hit by a “violent shaking” from the country's deadliest quake in more than six decades.

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