‘Broken in two’: Libya flood survivors grapple with mental health

The deluge razed entire neighbourhoods, dividing the port city and sweeping many people into the Mediterranean and to their deaths. More than 4,000 people have been reported dead and thousands more remain missing in eastern Libya, according to authorities. “Some children refuse to drink water for fear of drowning,” he said, after meeting flood survivors in Derna. It says it is working with Libya’s health ministry to establish a mental health unit. In addition, dozens of minors have become wards of the state after their families perished in the flood, authorities say.