Pictures reveal washed-away streets and thousands of destroyed buildings in the city of Derna.
Satellite images show the scale of destruction in the Libyan port of Derna after floodwaters swept away bridges, streets and communities - leaving thousands of people missing or dead.
A series of bridges had crossed the Wadi, connecting the port area with the western side of the city. The waters - which one official described as "like a tsunami" - swept away the bridges and whole blocks of buildings along the river including multi-storey residential blocks, government buildings and a large mosque.In the nearby neighbourhood of Al-Eilwa, around 96% of properties were reported to have been flooded.
Homes built in the dry riverbed on the sea side of the dam bore the brunt of the flood as the dams burst.
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