Rescuers recover 2,000 bodies as flooding in Libya displaces at least 30,000

Storm Daniel caused flooding in Libya (Jamal Alkomaty/AP)

Rescuers have found more than 2,000 bodies in the wreckage of a Libyan city where floodwaters broke dams and washed away neighbourhoods.

Officials fear the death toll could exceed 5,000 in the nation made vulnerable by years of turmoil and neglect.