DERNA, Libya (AP) — Authorities have divided Libya’s flood-stricken city of Derna into four sections to create buffers in case of disease outbreaks, the prime minister of Libya’s eastern administration said Tuesday, a day after thousands of angry protesters demanded the city’s rapid reconstruction. Government officials and aid agencies have given death tolls ranging from about 4,000 to 11,000, with thousands more missing. Both authorities have deployed humanitarian teams to the city but have struggled to respond to the large-scale disaster. The recovery operation, with help from international teams, has been poorly coordinated, and residents say aid distribution has been uneven. “Thousands of people in Derna, Libya lost their lives in epic, unprecedented flooding.”___Associated Press writer Jack Jeffery in London and Samy Magdy in Cairo contributed to this report.
