A spokesman for Libya’s armed forces based in the east, said the death toll in Derna had surpassed 2000, and between 5000 and 6000 people were missing.
Entire suburbs have been swept away and 2000 people are feared dead after mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in multiple coastal towns in Libya.
In a phone interview with Al-Masar television station, Prime Minister Ossama Hamad of the east Libyan government said 2000 were feared dead in Derna and thousands were believed missing. He said Derna had been declared a disaster zone. Derna itself, along with the city of Sirte, was controlled by extremist groups for years, at one point by those who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, until forces loyal to the east-based government expelled them in 2018.Lybian government/AP
“The situation is tragic,” he declared in a telephone interview on the Saudi-owned satellite news channel Al-Arabiya. He urged local and international agencies to rush to help the city.Georgette Gagnon, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Libya, said early reports showed that dozens of villages and towns were “severely affected ... with widespread flooding, damage to infrastructure, and loss of life”.
Over the weekend, Libyans shared footage on social media showing flooded houses and roads in many areas across the east of the country. They pleaded for help as floods besieged people inside their homes and in their vehicles.
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