Race against time to rescue Morocco quake survivors

Rescuers are facing a growing race against time to dig any survivors from the rubble of devastated villages in Morocco's Atlas mountains, three days after the country's strongest-ever earthquake.

The 6.8-magnitude quake that struck late on Friday southwest of the city of Marrakesh has claimed more than 2,100 lives and injured over 2,400, many seriously, according to official figures updated late last night.

Yesterday, the government announced it had accepted aid offers from four foreign nations, while many other countries have also said they were willing to send assistance.