September 15, 2023 08:31 am | Updated 08:31 am IST - Derna, LibyaEmergency 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, killing at least 4,000 people. It lasted an hour or an hour and a half -- but for us, it felt like a year." "A wave seven metres (23 feet) high wiped out buildings and washed infrastructure into the sea. Now family members are missing, dead bodies are washing back up on shore and homes are destroyed." Climate experts have linked the disaster to the impacts of a heating planet, combined with Libya's decaying infrastructure.
