In Libya’s flood-shattered east, a disaster of ‘mythic proportions’ An aerial view of Derna, Libya, on Thursday. Up to 20,000 people are feared dead in Libya’s devastated east, authorities said Thursday. Othman Abdul Jalil, minister of health for Libya’s eastern government, said Thursday that 3,000 bodies have been interred outside Derna. The scale of the disaster was apparent even 85 miles outside Derna, the landscape marked by stagnant floodwaters and clogged fields. Outside an obstetrics hospital in Derna, 37-year-old Emad Ayad wore a mask, a vain attempt to block the stench of death.

Source: Libya Today September 14, 2023 20:11 UTC