Emergency workers have uncovered hundreds of bodies as they dig through the wreckage of Libya's eastern city of Derna.
broke through dams and smashed through the city on Sunday night , washing away entire neighbourhoods.
The situation in Libya was "as devastating as the situation in Morocco", Ramadan said, referring to theThe destruction came to Derna and other parts of eastern Libya on Sunday night, when Mediterranean storm Daniel pounded the coast. Videos posted online by residents showed large swathes of mud and wreckage where the raging waters had swept away the residential neighbourhoods on both banks of the river.Multi-storey apartment buildings that once were well back from the river had facades ripped away and concrete floors collapsed. Cars lifted by the water were left dumped on top of each other.
Footage showed dozens of bodies covered by blankets laid out in the yard of a hospital in Derna. Many bodies were believed trapped under rubble or had been washed out into the Mediterranean Sea, said eastern Libya's health minister, Othman Abduljaleel."We were stunned by the amount of destruction ... the tragedy is very significant, and beyond the capacity of Derna and the government," Abduljaleel told The Associated Press on the phone from Derna.
The oil-rich nation remains divided between two rival administrations: one in the east and one in the west, each backed by different militias and foreign governments. US Special Envoy for Libya Richard Norland said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the US is coordinating with the UN and local authorities to assess how best to target official US assistance.Tunisia, Algeria, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates also promised help for search and rescue efforts.
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