Richard Branson's sister urges people not to cancel holidays to Morocco following earthquake that has killed 2,100 people - as video shows damage to one of their family's hotels that was hit by quake
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Richard Branson's sister urges people not to cancel holidays to Morocco following earthquake that has killed 2,100 people - as video shows damage to one of their family's hotels that was hit by quake

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Richard Branson's sister has urged people not to cancel their holidays to Morocco following an earthquake that has killed more than 2,100 people. Her plea came as video showed damage to one of Branson's hotels - the Kasbah Tamadot - that sits in the Atlas Mountains 30 miles south of Marrakesh. Vanessa Branson, whose family own hotels in the country, made a plea for tourists to continue with their holiday plans to Morocco and for donations to the victims of the earthquake Vanessa Branson's plea came as video showed damage to one of Branson's hotels - the Kasbah Tamadot - that sits in the Atlas Mountains, 30 miles south of Marrakesh The epicentre of the quake struck in Al Haouz province, around 45 miles south of Marrakesh. The province is home to small communities high up in the Atlas mountains, as well as Richard Branson's Kasbah Tamadot hotel People carry the remains of a victim of the deadly 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Morocco 'The summit absolutely needs to go ahead. A woman cries and is consoled by family as volunteers recover the body of a family member of collapsed houses in the village of N'Tala, in central Morocco, September 10 A volunteer prays near the rubble of collapsed buildings in the village of Imi N'Tala People walk past a partially collapsed building on September 10, 2023 in Ouirgane, Morocco The earthquake wiped out entire villages in the hills of the Atlas mountain range, where civilian rescuers and members of Morocco's armed forces have searched for survivors and the bodies of the dead.

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