More than 5,000 people have been killed in the coastal city of Derna alone, with thousands more still missing in a disaster compounded by years of civil conflict.
More than 5,000 people have been killed in the coastal city alone, with thousands more still missing and likely to be added to the death toll.
He said that officials had counted more than 5,300 dead so far, and warned the death toll was likely to rise and could even double given the number of missing.Yann Fridez, head of the delegation of the International Committee for The Red Cross in Libya,: “The city of Derna was submerged by waves 7 meters high that destroyed everything in their path.”
"For Libya it's definitely something of equal importance like something like 9/11 to the U.S.," said Abouaoun, of the International Rescue Committee. "What is really missing is some more support with search-and-rescue operations because the window of opportunity for finding survivors is closing. We are on the second day."
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