Search teams look for 10,000 missing in flooded Libyan city after toll tops 11,000

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on September 16, 2023
Libyan authorities limited access to an inundated city on Friday to allow searchers to dig through mud and hollowed-out buildings for 10,000 people missing and feared dead in flooding that has already killed more than 11,000. Authorities warned that disease and explosives shifted by the waters could claim yet more lives.

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Published on September 15, 2023 -  01:05
Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya's coastal city of Derna, aid group says
The death toll in Libya's coastal city of Derna has soared to 11,300 as search efforts continue following a massive flood fed by the breaching of two dams in heavy rains, the Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday.

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