Rescue teams struggled amid devastation in eastern Libya, retrieving hundreds of bodies from the rubble in a coastal city that has been inundated by devastating floods, a humanitarian agency said T…
Rescue teams struggled amid devastation in eastern Libya, retrieving hundreds of bodies from the rubble in a coastal city that has been inundated by devastating floods, a humanitarian agency said Tuesday.Mediterranean storm Daniel caused havoc and flash flooding in many towns in eastern Libya but the worst destruction was in Derna, where heavy rainfall and floods broke dams and washed away entire neighborhoods, authorities said.
Ossama Hamad, prime minister of the government in eastern Libya, said that many of the missing were believed to have been carried away after two upstream dams burst.The streets can be seen flooded after storm Daniel slammed Marj, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2023.After more than a decade of chaos, Libya remains divided between two rival administrations: one in the east and one in the west, each backed by different militias and foreign governments.
This image taken from video provided by Libya Almasar TV shows flooding in Marj, Libya, on Sep. 11, 2023.Multi-story apartment buildings that once stood well back from the river were partially collapsed into mud. Emergency responders, including troops, government workers, volunteers and residents were digging through rubble to recover the dead.Excavators and other equipment have yet to arrive in Derna.They heard loud explosions at night and realized that dams outside the city collapsed, sending a wall of water that “erased everything in its way,” said Ahmed Abdalla, a Derna resident.
An aerial view of flood water covering the area after the powerful storm hit Shahhat city, Libya, is shown on Sep. 11, 2023.Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates were among those that said they would send humanitarian assistance and teams to help with search and rescue efforts.
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