10,000 people missing and thousands feared dead in flood-hit eastern Libya

The deaths and devastation wreaked by Mediterranean Storm Daniel pointed to the storm’s intensity, but also the vulnerability of a nation torn apart by chaos for more than a decade

Tue, 12 Sep, 2023 - 21:11

Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Emergency workers have uncovered more than 1,500 bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna, and it was feared the toll could spiral with 10,000 people reported still missing after floodwaters smashed through dams and washed away entire neighbourhoods of the city.

The deaths and devastation wreaked by Mediterranean Storm Daniel pointed to the storm’s intensity, but also the vulnerability of a nation torn apart by chaos for more than a decade.