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Search and rescue teams worked Thursday in eastern Libya, where devastating floods left thousands of people dead and thousands more missing.Rescue Crews Work in Flood-Hit Eastern Libya
Associated Press quotes eastern Libya’s health minister, Othman Abduljaleel, as saying 3,000 bodies have been buried with 2,000 more still being processedwww.voanews.com
The exact toll remained unclear following the flooding that hit Sunday.
The Associated Press quoted eastern Libya’s health minister, Othman Abduljaleel, as saying 3,000 bodies have been buried with 2,000 more still being processed.
Abdel-Raham al-Ghaithi, the mayor of the city of Derna, told al-Arabia television that the death toll could reach 20,000.
Derna was the hardest-hit area, with torrential rain and dam failures wrecking buildings, burying areas in mud and washing people out to sea.
World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Petteri Taalas told reporters Thursday in Geneva that "most of the human casualties" could have been avoided if Libya had a functional weather service.
Storyline from the BBC Libya flood deaths hit around 11,000 - Red Crescent - BBC News
Latest news from above link (14 Sept 2023 1256 UTC):
- Around 11,000 people are believed to have died, according to the Red Crescent, though Derna mayor Abdulmenam Al-Ghaithi fears that up to 20,000 people perished in the port city alone
- Thousands more have been displaced after entire neighbourhoods were washed away when two dams burst under pressure from Storm Daniel's intense rainfall
- Most human casualties could have been avoided if authorities had issued appropriate warnings and undertaken evacuations, the UN's World Meteorological Organization has said
- The UN has also warned that disease from contaminated water is the next threat for people affected by the disaster