As of Tuesday evening, half of the more than 1,500 recovered corpses had been buried, as per the health minister for eastern Libya. The catastrophe struck Derna and other parts of eastern Libya on Sunday night. Videos shared by residents online depicted extensive areas of mud and wreckage where neighborhoods on both riverbanks had been swept away. Multi-story apartment buildings previously set back from the river saw their facades torn off, and concrete floors crumbled. Humanitarian aid and rescue teams from Egypt, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates also arrived in Benghazi, and several other countries pledged assistance.
