Libyans search for families after catastrophic flood

Officials have put the number of missing at 10,000. The U.N. aid agency OCHA said the figure was at least 5,000

TOPSHOT - Men walk past debris of buildings caused by flash floods in Derna, eastern Libya, on September 11, 2023. 

Residents of the devastated Libyan city of Derna desperately searched for missing relatives on Wednesday and rescue workers appealed for more body bags, after a catastrophic flood that killed thousands of people and swept many out to sea.

Swathes of the Mediterranean city were obliterated by a torrent of water unleashed by a powerful storm that swept down a usually dry riverbed on Sunday night, bursting dams above the city. Multi-storey buildings collapsed with sleeping families inside.