Much of Derna is under water after two dams and four bridges collapsed in flooding after Storm Daniel.
The death toll from floods in Libya in one city alone stands at more than 1,000, a senior official who visited the eastern port of Derna has said.
Much of Derna, which has about 100,000 residents, is under water after two dams and four bridges collapsed. "The number of bodies recovered in Derna is more [than] 1,000," Hichem Chkiouat, the aviation minister and part of the eastern government's emergency response committee, told Reuters by phone."I am not exaggerating when I say that 25% of the city has disappeared. Many, many buildings have collapsed."The eastern cities of Benghazi, Sousse and Al-Marj have also all been affected.
According to Libyan journalist Abdulkader Assad, this is hampering rescue efforts as the various authorities are not able to respond with agility to a natural disaster.
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