Toll could reach 18,000 to 20,000, based on number of wiped-out districts, says Abdulmenam al Ghaithi, mayor of eastern city.
Rescue teams from Türkiye have arrived in eastern Libya, authorities said. Algeria, France, Italy, Qatar and Tunisia also pledged to help. / Photo: Reuters
It comes as Libya continues to reel from a massive flood that left nearly 4,000 dead and thousands more missing, wreaking havoc in the eastern city of Derna, where bodies wrapped in blankets lined the ravaged streets. The Mediterranean coastal city of Derna was hit by a huge flash flood late on Sunday that witnesses likened to a tsunami after two upstream dams burst when torrential rains brought by Storm Daniel battered the region.
Satellite images of Derna after the surge of water showed coastal neighbourhoods almost entirely submerged.
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