It comes as the World Health Organisation and other aid agencies urged Libyan authorities to stop burying victims of last Sunday's flooding in mass graves.
Libya: Almost a quarter 'dead or missing'
He said the investigations are focusing on the funds allocated for the maintenance of the two dams, stressing that the office has reports that cracks could be seen in them before the flooding. Ibrahim al Arabi, health minister in Libya's Tripoli-based western government, said he was certain groundwater was polluted with water mixed up with corpses, dead animals, refuse and chemical substances.Libyan authorities have limited access to the flooded coastal city of Derna to dig through the mud and hollowed-out buildings for the more than 10,000 people still missing.
But the opposing governments have struggled to respond to the crisis, and recovery efforts have been hampered by confusion, difficulty getting aid to the hardest-hit areas, and the destruction of Derna's infrastructure, including several bridges.The UN has announced $10m in response to the flooding from its Central Emergency Response Fund , to which the UK is one of the largest donors.
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