The impact of the earthquake in Morocco Friday is also being felt in the Bay Area as people try to get in contact with family members who live in-country.
Mourad Lahlou, who is from Marrakech, is a chef and owns the San Francisco restaurants Mourad and Aziza. He said that downed telephone lines made it difficult to contact his family.
Lahlou added that he fears the quake's toll may be even greater than what has already been reported. Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters. "I knew that it was going to be devastating in Morocco, just because the city is old — especially in the old city of Medina — it’s just old and the buildings are built in a way where there’s not a lot of seismic reinforcement," he continued.
Other staff at Morrocan restaurants around the city told NBC Bay Area they'd spent the day Saturday trying to check on loved ones who lived through the quake.
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