Torrential rains caused two dams to burst in the North African country, carrying entire neighbourhoods into the sea, and leaving thousands of people missing.
| More than 5000 people were killed in Libya after torrential rains caused two dams to burst near the coastal city of Derna, destroying much of the city and carrying entire neighbourhoods into the sea, local authorities said on Tuesday .
In the city of Derna alone, at least 5200 people died, said Tarek al-Kharraz, a spokesperson for the interior ministry of the government that oversees Eastern Libya, according to the Libyan television station al-Masar. But the floodwaters also swept through other eastern settlements, including Shahhat, Al-Bayda and Marj, and at least 20,000 people were displaced.
“We still cannot comprehend the magnitude of what has happened,” said Jawhar Ali, 28, a Derna native who lives in Turkey and spent two sleepless nights seeking news from his family back home, where communications were cut off by the disaster. “The shock we are experiencing is terrible.
“We say Mother Nature, but this is the act of man — it’s the incompetence of Libya’s political elites,” Mr El Gomati said. “There’s no words you can find to describe the biblical level of suffering those people have to endure.”
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