Libyan Flooding Leaves 10K Reported Missing
Reports out of eastern Libya state there are 10,000 people missing due to deadly floods. According to the New York Post , rescue teams have been working to recover bodies and search for survivors. Catastrophic flooding…
Reports out of eastern Libya state there are 10,000 people missing due to deadly Floods.
According to the New York Post, rescue teams have been working to recover bodies and search for survivors.
Catastrophic Flooding was caused after Mediterranean storm Daniel struck the area. The city of Derna was hit the hardest after dams broke and entire neighborhoods washed away, according to reports.
An estimated 2,000 people have died in the disaster, while some 10,000 people are still unaccounted for.
The Libyan envoy for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Tamer Ramadan described the situation, stating that it is “as devastating as the situation in Morocco,” during a videoconference U.N. briefing in Geneva from Tunisia, the Post reported.
Morocco is currently working to clean up wreckage from the deadliest earthquake to strike the nation in 60 years, per the IJR.
The New York Post also reported Ossama Hamad, the prime minister of the eastern Libyan government, noted the