Coastal city of Derna may be worst affected as two dams collapse leaving quarter of its territory ‘disappeared’
A flash-flood damaged area in Derna in eastern Libya: 'Bodies are lying everywhere – in the sea, in the valleys, under the buildings,' says Hichem Chkiouat, a civil aviation minister. Photograph: AFP via GettyAbout 10,000 people are thought to be missing and more than 2,000 dead as a result of extreme flooding in Libya – numbers that could continue to rise.
Tamer Ramadan, the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Libya, told journalists his teams were still doing assessments. “We don’t have a definite number right now. The number of missing people is hitting 10,000 persons so far.”
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