DERNA: A week after a wall of water rushed through the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the focus turned Sunday to caring for survivors of the disaster.
Estimates of the number of lives lost vary widely.The most recent official death toll, from the health minister of the eastern-based administration, Othman Abdeljalil, is that 3,166 people were killed.But according to a United Nations report released on Sunday, the toll from Derna alone has risen to 11,300.Citing the Libyan Red Crescent, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs added that another 10,100 people were still missing in the devastated city.
AFP PHOTO / HO / TUNISIA'S NATIONAL OFFICE OF CIVIL PROTECTIONQuestions being askedThe devastating flooding brought by Storm Daniel was exacerbated by poor infrastructure in Libya, which was plunged into turmoil after a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011.Questions are being asked as to why the disaster was not prevented, when cracks in the dams have been known about since 1998.
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