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IN PHOTOS: Storm Daniel causes flash flooding in Libya, hundreds killed

Updated On: 12 September, 2023 04:03 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

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. Authorities estimated that as many as 2,000 people are believed dead in the city of Derna alone. Pics/AFP

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Mediterranean in many towns in eastern Libya but the worst destruction was in Derna. Pics/AFP
Mediterranean in many towns in eastern Libya but the worst destruction was in Derna. Pics/AFP
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Tamer Ramadan, Libya envoy for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, said 10,000 people were missing after the unprecedented flooding

Tamer Ramadan, Libya envoy for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, said 10,000 people were missing after the unprecedented flooding

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Speaking to reporters at UN briefing in Geneva via videoconference from Tunisia, he said the death toll was huge and expected to reach into the thousands in the coming days

Speaking to reporters at UN briefing in Geneva via videoconference from Tunisia, he said the death toll was huge and expected to reach into the thousands in the coming days

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Speaking about the fallout from Friday's devastating earthquake in Morocco, on the other side of North Africa, Ramadan said the situation in Libya was as devastating as the situation in Morocco

Speaking about the fallout from Friday's devastating earthquake in Morocco, on the other side of North Africa, Ramadan said the situation in Libya was as devastating as the situation in Morocco

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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. He said the devastation in Derna is far beyond the capabilities of his country

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. He said the devastation in Derna is far beyond the capabilities of his country

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The Libyan Red Crescent said early Tuesday that its teams counted more than 300 people dead in Derna, which authorities have declared a disaster zone

The Libyan Red Crescent said early Tuesday that its teams counted more than 300 people dead in Derna, which authorities have declared a disaster zone

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