A further 10,100 people are reported missing in Libya’s Mediterranean city after a storm caused devastating flooding.
The mayor of Derna believes the total could be some 20 000.The death toll in Libya’s coastal city of Derna has soared to 11 300 as search efforts continue following aMarie el-Drese, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Libya secretary-general, said another 10 100 people are reported missing in the Mediterranean city. Health authorities previously put the death toll in Derna at 5 500. The storm also killed about 170 people elsewhere in the country.
“We could hear screams. From the window, I saw cars and bodies being carried away by the water. It lasted an hour or an hour and a half – but for us, it felt like a year.” More than 3 000 bodies were buried by Thursday morning while another 2 000 were still being processed. Most of the dead were buried in mass graves outside Derna, while others were transferred to nearby towns and cities.
“A wave seven metres high wiped out buildings and washed infrastructure into the sea. Now family members are missing, dead bodies are washing back up on shore, and homes are destroyed.”
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