Morocco's earthquake last week hit thousands of people who live in traditional villages in the Atlas Mountains. NPR followed rescuers and saw just how hard it was getting to people in need.
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Moroccan rescue teams were busy digging at two sites. The bodies were deep below the rocks, debris and soil, and the difficult work went on for hours under a blistering sun. "Adobe has excellent thermal properties," said Mehrdad Sasani, a structural engineering professor at Northeastern University."It keeps houses warm in winter and cool in summer, but when it crushes, it becomes like soil and powder, filling in all the spaces, so there are no air pockets for people to survive."As workers tried to pull out the body of a woman from the rubble, they strung up a blanket around the dig site to protect her privacy.
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