Images taken by satellite show the physical devastation from a flood that killed at least 11,300 people in the eastern Libyan city of Derna.
Two dams above Derna burst early Monday under the pressure from rain dropped by a storm. The pent-up water swept blocks of low-lying downtown Derna out to the Mediterranean Sea.
Untold numbers are likely buried under mud and debris that includes overturned cars and chunks of concrete. The death toll soared to 11,300 as search efforts continue, Marie el-Drese, secretary-general of the Libyan Red Crescent, told The Associated Press by phone Thursday. The satellite pictures show dirt and debris stretching out to sea into Derna’s shallow waters, which appear visibly brown near the shoreline. Many bodies washed out to sea have come back with the tide, rescue workers say.
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