Flooded city ‘divided to create buffers in case of disease outbreaks’

Rescuers and relatives of victims set up tents in front of collapsed buildings in Derna (Muhammad J. Elalwany/AP)

The Prime Minister of Libyan’s eastern administration said authorities have divided the flood-stricken city of Derna into four sections to create buffers in case of disease outbreaks.

It comes a day after thousands of angry protesters demanded the city’s rapid reconstruction.