(CNN) — Tarek Fahim was taking videos of the water filling behind the dam in the Derna valley in Libya late Saturday night. He moved the family to the rooftop, and they climbed up a water tank as the water kept rising. Almost all they find are dead bodies and more are believed to be under the heaps of crumbled cement. “This valley was a paradise full of pomegranate trees,” one volunteer says as she waits for next drop off of bodies. This story was first published on CNN.com, "Derna valley was once a ‘paradise.’ Now there’s nothing left but devastation"

Source: CNN September 17, 2023 13:59 UTC