Soldiers and aid teams are battling to reach remote Moroccan mountain towns devastated by an earthquake that killed more than 2,400 people, with survivors desperate for help to find loved ones feared trapped under the rubble.Moroccan officials have so far accepted government-offered aid from just four countries - Spain, Qatar, the UK and the United Arab Emirates- with some foreign rescue teams claiming they are awaiting permission to deploy.

Soldiers and aid teams are battling to reach remote Moroccan mountain towns devastated by an earthquake that killed more than 2,400 people, with survivors desperate for help to find loved ones feared trapped under the rubble.Moroccan officials have so far accepted government-offered aid from just four countries - Spain, Qatar, the UK and the United Arab Emirates- with some foreign rescue teams claiming they are awaiting permission to deploy.