The Libyan port city of Derna was hit hardest by catastrophic floodwaters caused by Mediterranean Storm Daniel.
continued Wednesday to search storm debris for the bodies of missing people, satellite images released in the aftermath of this week's devastating floods show the vast scope of the damage to Derna, a port city with a population of about 100,000.
It became inundated with powerful floodwaters that spread across surrounding area as multiple dams burst along the waterway during the storm. This combination of satellite photos from Planet Labs PBC show a dam on Sept. 2, 2023, top, and after it collapsed on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, bottom, in Derna, Libya.In Derna,"challenges are immense, with phone lines down and heavy destruction hampering rescue efforts," said Ciaran Donelly, the International Rescue Committee's senior vice president for crisis response, saidemailed to CBS News in the wake of the flooding.
The International Organization for Migration said Wednesday that at least 30,000 people were displaced from their homes in Derna because of the flood damage. It was not the only hard-hit city, and the organization said at least 6,000 others were displaced from their homes across a wide section of northern Libya, including in Benghazi, one of the country's most populous metropolitan areas.
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