“The devastation is massive. It is absolute”
When senior foreign correspondent Stefanie Dekker arrived in Morocco, she witnessed the extent of the destruction of the earthquake that shook the country on September 8. On this episode of Between Us, Dekker reveals the challenges faced when covering a natural disaster as well as the emotional toll it’s taken on everyone.
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