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Relief efforts in earthquake-hit Morocco are an enormous logistical challenge given the remoteness of the disaster zone, while in flooded eastern Libya, transport infrastructure has suffered extensive damage that may hamper delivery of aid supplies.

In Morocco, rural areas in the Atlas Mountains, some 47 miles west of Marrakesh, bore the brunt of Friday’s earthquake, with a death toll approaching 3,000.

Traffic jams are a critical obstacle to relief efforts as miles of winding, narrow, perilous roads are often blocked by HGVs ...