Authorities have stopped people from entering the city of Derna to allow search teams to look for victims of the devastating flooding.
Libyan authorities have blocked civilians from entering the flood-stricken eastern city of Derna to allow search teams to look through mud and wrecked buildings for 10,100 missing people, as the known death toll rose to 11,300.
The disaster after two dams collapsed in heavy rains and sent a massive flood gushing into the Mediterranean city early on Monday underlined both the storm’s intensity and Libya’s vulnerability. Since 2014, the oil-rich state has been split between rival governments in the east and west backed by various militia forces and international patrons.Derna is being evacuated and only search and rescue teams would be allowed to enter, according to eastern Libya’s emergency services director-general Salam al-Fergany.
The disaster has brought rare unity, as government agencies across Libya’s divide rushed to help the affected areas, with the first aid convoys arriving in Derna on Tuesday evening. We are also evaluating the risk posed by unexploded ordnance and abandoned munition stores in Derna, an additional challenge to residents, emergency responders and authorities now working to alleviate the hardship.
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