Irish doctor in Morocco says city areas 'got off lightly' compared to devastation in Atlas Mountains

Members of rescue teams carry the body of a victim of an earthquake in Ouargane village, near Marrakech, Morocco, on Saturday. Picture: APMosa'ab Elshamy

An Irish doctor based in Morocco said Marrakech had "got off lightly" compared to residents in the Atlas Mountains following the earthquake on Friday night. 

Moroccan soldiers and aid teams in trucks and helicopters battled on Monday to reach the remote mountain towns devastated by the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 2,400 people, with survivors desperate for help to find loved ones feared trapped under the rubble.