More than 5,300 are feared dead, thousands more are missing as eastern Libya is devastated by floods

[Gefn]

CAIRO (AP) — Emergency workers uncovered more than 1,500 bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna on Tuesday, and it was feared the toll could spiral with 10,000 people reported still missing after floodwaters smashed through dams and washed away entire neighborhoods of the city.

The death toll in Derna alone has exceeded 5,300, the state-run news agency quoted Mohammed Abu-Lamousha, a spokesman for the east Libya interior ministry, as saying Tuesday. Derna’s ambulance authority earlier put the toll at 2,300.

The startling death and devastation wreaked by Mediterranean storm Daniel pointed to the storm’s intensity, but also the vulnerability of a nation torn apart by chaos for more than a decade. The country is divided by rival governments, one in the east, the other in the west, and the result has been neglect of infrastructure in many areas.



https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/more-than-5300-are-feared-dead-thousands-more-are-missing-as-eastern-libya-is-devastated-by-floods/ar-AA1gAAyx

[Gefn]

boy, so many sad stories in the news regarding nature this week

[Idiot]

boy, so many sad stories in the news regarding nature this week

Sure are….  Come Lord Jesus!!!

[PeteS in CA]

The seasonal stream/river Wadi Darnah flows through the middle of the city. The city has a history of occasional floods, and this storm appears to have overwhelmed and wiped out two flood control dams upstream of the city. The city population is in the 80K-90K range, so 5300 is already a significant % of the population and likely to grow.

[Gefn]

Before and after satellite images show scale of Libya flood destruction


https://www.axios.com/2023/09/12/libya-floods-daniel-dam-collapse-satellite-images-before-after