| Libya Almasar TV via Associated PressMediterranean storm Daniel caused such devastating floods in Libya that entire neighborhoods were swept away. Current estimates of the death toll stand at 2,000, but the interior minister of the east Libya government said more than 5,000 are missing, swept towards the Mediterranean Sea, reports the AP. It is now controlled by Khalifa Haftar, a Russian-backed militia leader whose forces dominate eastern Libya, reports The Wall Street Journal. Interior Minister Essam Abu Zeriba with the east Libya government, urged local and international agencies to rush to help the city in a telephone interview on the Saudi-owned satellite news channel Al-Arabiya. The Tripoli-based west Libya government’s three-person Presidential Council also called for help.

Source: Libya Today September 12, 2023 05:29 UTC