Rescuers continue search for Morocco quake survivors as death toll passes 2,000

The UN estimated that 300,000 people were affected by Friday night’s magnitude-6.8 quake and some Moroccans complained on social networks that the government was not allowing more help from outside

The United Nations estimated that 300,000 people had been affected (Fernando Sanchez/Europa Press via AP)

An aftershock rattled Moroccans on Sunday as they mourned victims of the nation’s strongest earthquake in more than a century and worked to rescue survivors, while soldiers and aid workers raced to reach desperate mountain villages in ruins.

The disaster killed more than 2,000 people — a number that is expected to rise.