Ossama Ali, a spokesman for an ambulance center in eastern Libya, said at least 5,100 deaths were recorded in Derna, along with around 100 others elsewhere in eastern Libya. Search teams went through shattered apartment buildings and retrieved the dead floating offshore in the Mediterranean Sea, al-Falah said. The only two usable roads from the south take a winding route through the mountains.Ĭollapsed bridges over the river split the city center, further hampering movement. “It was like a Hollywood horror movie.”ĭerna lies on a narrow coastal plain, under steep mountains. “They were screaming, ‘Help, help,’” he said over the phone from a field hospital in Derna. ![]() Two dams in the mountains above the city collapsed, sending floodwaters roaring down the Wadi Derna river and through the city center, sweeping away entire city blocks.Īs much as a quarter of the city has disappeared, emergency officials said. Mediterranean storm Daniel caused deadly flooding Sunday in many towns of eastern Libya, but the worst-hit was Derna. Wherever you go, you find dead men, women, and children,” Emad al-Falah, an aid worker from Benghazi, said over the phone from Derna. “Bodies are everywhere, inside houses, in the streets, at sea. ![]() Aid workers who managed to reach the city described devastation in its center, with thousands still missing and tens of thousands left homeless. ![]() The Mediterranean city of Derna has struggled to get help after Sunday night’s deluge washed away most access roads. By SAMY MAGDY and YOUSEF MURAD (Associated Press)ĭERNA, Libya (AP) - Search teams combed streets, wrecked buildings and even the sea Wednesday to look for bodies in a coastal Libyan city where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed at least 5,100 people.
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