It took 15 men to clear the layers of dirt from the marble floors, the family said. Up to 20,000 people could be dead in this war-divided country — victims of a perfect storm of extreme weather and state neglect. Inside the Saadawi family home, muddy handprints covered almost every wall, rising with the stairs the family had scrambled up as the waters rose higher and faster. AdvertisementThey were saved when the kitchen wall collapsed, Nizar said, the water rushing into the yard where they had been eating. With winter approaching, they would have to repair the house, but they didn’t know how they would afford it.

Source: Libya Today September 16, 2023 12:12 UTC