DERNA, Libya (AP) — Libyan authorities limited access to the flooded city of Derna on Friday to make it easier for searchers to dig through the mud and hollowed-out buildings for the more than 10,000 people still missing and presumed dead following a disaster that has already claimed more than 11,000 lives. Aid groups called on authorities to facilitate their access to the city so they can distribute badly needed food, clean water and medical supplies to survivors. A drone shows the destruction from floods in Derna, Libya. “In just two hours, one of my colleagues counted over 200 bodies on the beach near Derna,” he said. “The waves swept people away from the tops of buildings, and we could see people carried by floodwater,” he said.

Source: Libya Today September 15, 2023 18:03 UTC