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Rescuers retrieve over 2,000 bodies in eastern Libya as 10,000 remain missing
Updated On: 13 September, 2023 01:25 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Rescuers have found more than 2,000 bodies as of Wednesday in the wreckage of a Libyan city where floodwaters broke dams and washed away neighbourhoods
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Overturned cars lay among other debris caused by flash floods in Derna, eastern Libya, on September 11, 2023. The death toll from freak floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically, with 10,000 people reported missing, the Red Cross warned on September 12. Photo AFP
Rescuers have found more than 2,000 bodies as of Wednesday in the wreckage of a Libyan city where floodwaters broke dams and washed away neighbourhoods. Officials fear the death toll could exceed 5,000 in the nation as over 10,000 still remain missing.
Mediterranean storm Daniel caused deadly flooding in many eastern towns, but the worst-hit was Derna. As the storm pounded the coast Sunday night, Derna residents said they heard loud explosions when the dams outside the city collapsed. Floodwaters washed down Wadi Derna, a river running from the mountains through the city and into the sea.
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