STORY: Around 3,000 bodies are believed to be buried in this mass grave, according to one of the cemetery workers. Residents and rescue workers in Derna have been struggling to cope with the thousands of corpses washing up or decaying under rubble. The World Health Organization and other aid groups urged authorities in Libya to stop burying flood victims in mass graves, saying these could bring long-term mental distress to families or cause health risks if located near water. A UN report said more than 1,000 people had so far been buried in that manner since Libya, a nation divided by a decade of conflict and political chaos, was hit on Sunday by torrential rain that caused two dams to burst.

GENEVA: The United Nations is urgently seeking more than $71 million to assist those most in need after deadly flash floods swept Libya over the weekend. Hurricane-strength Storm Daniel slammed into Libya on September 10, killing at least 4,000 people, with thousands more still missing. In a flash appeal on Thursday, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said it expects the toll to rise. The city of Derna, one of the hardest-hit locations, was reduced to a wasteland after two upstream dams burst on Sunday. Still missingEmergency teams on Friday kept up their search for the thousands still posted as missing from the tsunami-sized flash flood that swept the Libyan port city of Derna.

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Libya flooding kills more than 11,000 as crews continue to search for survivors, victims Thousands are reported dead in Libya in catastrophic flooding after two dams burst, washing away whole neighborhoods in Derna. CBS News' senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams reports.

DERNA, Libya (AP) — Libyan authorities limited access to the flooded city of Derna on Friday to make it easier for searchers to dig through the mud and hollowed-out buildings for the more than 10,000 people still missing and presumed dead following a disaster that has already claimed more than 11,000 lives. Aid groups called on authorities to facilitate their access to the city so they can distribute badly needed food, clean water and medical supplies to survivors. A drone shows the destruction from floods in Derna, Libya. “In just two hours, one of my colleagues counted over 200 bodies on the beach near Derna,” he said. “The waves swept people away from the tops of buildings, and we could see people carried by floodwater,” he said.

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The calamitous Storm Daniel that caused massive floods in Libya has led to the deaths of over 11,000 people. advertisementA Twitter user shared the video and wrote, “Libya: Successful rescue operationâ€æ Libya flooding disaster.” The archived version of this post can be seen here. India Today found that this video is neither recent nor does it have anything to do with the floods in Libya. Per the outlet, the video showed a Chinese man using a bulldozer to rescue a family stuck during a flood in Beijing. A Chinese man used a bulldozer against the rushing current to rescue a family stuck on a roof during the flood in Beijing.

DERNA, Libya — The center of the eastern city of Derna is like one big graveyard — a mass of flattened buildings, wrecked lives and upended vehicles amid torn trees. From where I’m standing, at least three huge bridges in the city center are leveled. The sheer numbers of people dead or unaccounted for in the Libyan city of Derna are overwhelming survivors. Sky NewsA few hours after daybreak and there are small groups of civilians, some with just pickaxes, trampling over the boulders and rubble left in Derna center in the wake of Storm Daniel. The steaming heat has meant the corpses they’re finding are putrid after almost a week of decomposing.

“The biggest concern now is the contaminated water... Water supply in the city is dependent on wells underground. Most of the wells have been covered in mud, damaged or contaminated with sewage," Othman says. "There were no instructions asking people to remain in their homes, except areas where they were not in the way of the water." He adds: “I heard people say the dams were not being maintained... This storm is unprecedented... the amount of water exceeded 450mm in a very short time.”

People look for survivors in Derna, Libya. Two dams on the Wadi Derna River burst, leading to massive floods in the coastal city of Derna. Read more from Yahoo News, Libyan floods death toll exceeds 11,000: What we knowWhat made it so badDamage from massive flooding is seen in Derna, Libya. On Monday, Storm Daniel unfurled across eastern Libya, affecting most of the region but especially the areas of Al Bayda, Al Marj and Derna. Storm Daniel caused more than 400mm — or 16 inches — of rain in just 24 hours, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

"It was like hell," said Rashad Ezzat Abdel-Hamid, a 45-year-old Egyptian who survived the disaster. Around him, people were wailing and crying, looking for their loved ones and trying to retrieve those under the rubble. He had gone there only six months ago.Egyptians have for decades gravitated to oil-rich Libya for work. Village homes face date palms groves and the fields are green with clover, corn and other grains. His father was building it for him, adding a third floor to the family home.Abdel-Fattah's three nephews also died in Derna.

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International aid continues to arrive in Libya as the country continues to struggle after floods killed thousands and left people in the city of Derna homeless. The biggest concern for the country’s authorities is now the contamination of the cities’ water sources. “The biggest concern now is the contaminated water... water supply in the city is dependent on wells underground. United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths said it was "a massive reminder of climate and its presence". The group left Malta on Tuesday, to assist the country following the catastrophic flooding which has left thousands dead and missing.