Fund for girl, 7, swept out to sea reaches £50k
BBCMore than £50,000 has been raised to support the family of a seven-year-old girl, who went missing after being swept out to sea on the first day of a family holiday in Morocco.
Inaayah Makda, from Blackburn in Lancashire, was hit by a large wave as she and her parents sat on rocks on a beach in Casablanca on Wednesday, her family have said.
Her parents Zubair and Tasneem Makda were also knocked into the sea but lost sight of their daughter.
The Go Fund Me page says the money will be used to pay for a private search including boat hire, aerial support and essential family expenses for the parents, who are still in Casablanca.
'Unimaginably distressing time'
It said it was "an unimaginably distressing time" for the family.
Zubair and Tasneem, described as hard-working professionals, were on their first night of a week-long family holiday when it happened.
A relative, who did not wish to be named, said the tide appeared to be a long way out when they first arrived on the beach but came in very quickly - within about 20 minutes - catching them by surprise.
The family ended up cut off and surrounded by water, when a wave knocked Inaayah one way and her parents the other, the relative said.
She disappeared from view before her father could reach her.
The Foreign Office said it was "supporting the family of a British national reported missing in Morocco" and was "in contact with local authorities".
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