Moroccan rescue teams, along with international assistance, are in a race against time to locate survivors and aid hundreds left homeless by the earthquake that struck over 48 hours ago, claiming more than 2,100 lives.

On Sunday, Morocco announced its acceptance of offers from four countries, including Spain, Great Britain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, to dispatch search and rescue teams. These teams are now coordinating efforts with Moroccan counterparts, as confirmed by the Interior Ministry.

Spain has already sent 86 rescue personnel equipped with specialized search dogs, while a Qatari humanitarian flight departed from the Al-Udeid air base near Doha on Sunday evening.

Additional offers of assistance may be considered in the future, depending on evolving needs, as stated by the ministry.

Numerous countries, including France, the United States, and Israel, had extended offers of support to Morocco in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake, which has left 2,122 people dead and 2,421 injured according to the latest report.

While awaiting the arrival of foreign rescue teams, Moroccan authorities have initiated the setup of tents in the High Atlas region, where entire villages were leveled by the quake.

Apocalyptic landscape

Rescue personnel, volunteers, and military personnel are laboring to locate survivors and recover bodies from the debris, particularly in villages in the Al-Haouz province, the epicenter of the earthquake located south of the tourist city of Marrakech in central Morocco.

In Tikht, a small village near Adassil, a minaret and a few unpainted clay houses remain amidst an eerie and devastated landscape.

The 33-year-old inhabitant Mohssin Aksum complains, "Life is over here." "The community is extinct.

Nearby, Moroccan security personnel are preparing graves for the deceased while others are erecting yellow tents for the earthquake's homeless survivors.

The earthquake was the biggest ever recorded in Morocco and occurred late on Friday night. It reached a magnitude of 7 according to the Moroccan Center for Scientific and Technical Research and 6.8 according to the US Seismological Service.

Given the scope of the destruction, Marrakech people have flocked to hospitals to donate blood for the victims, and solidarity efforts are being planned there.

"We're collecting food to help the areas affected by the earthquake," Ibrahim Nachit, a member of the Draw Smile association, told AFP. The association is also planning to send a "medical caravan" to the worst-hit areas.

"I think the food supplies collected today should be able to support at least 100 families for a week", added Abdeltif Razouki, vice-president of the association.