Live blog update| Morocco earthquake

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In pictures: Search for survivors gets underway

9 September 2023 13:30 BST

Rescue operations in Marrakech and surrounding quake-hit areas have been ongoing since the early hours of Saturday.

Emergency workers are digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings looking for survivors, as the death toll mounts to over 800, making it the deadliest earthquake in Morocco in decades.

Rescuers use a small excavator to search for survivors under the rubble of a collapsed house in Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz province, on 9 September 2023 (AFP) — Rescuers use a small excavator to dig through the rubble of a collapsed house in Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz province, on 9 September 2023 (AFP)

Rescue workers search for survivors in a collapsed house in Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz province (AFP)

Al Haouz province seems to be the worst-hit by the earthquake with nearly half the causalities reported there (AFP)

The armed forces have been deployed to help with the rescue operations (AFP)

Moroccan rescuers carry a search operation in Amizmiz town located approximately 55 kilometers south of Marrakesh (Reuters) — Moroccan rescuers carry out a search operation in Amizmiz town located approximately 55km south of Marrakech (Reuters)