He Hurricane Daniel that hit the east of Libya on Sunday, caused torrential rains and heavy flooding that they left a “huge” number of deadwhich could rise in the next few hours since there are some 10 thousand missingwarned an official of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
“We do not have definitive figures“for the moment, said Tamer Ramadan in the regular UN press conference in Geneva, but there are already more than 3,000.
Qualified by experts as a phenomenon “extreme in terms of amount of water fall“, he Cyclone Daniel caused the authorities to decree curfew and high emergency situation in the African country.
“The humanitarian needs They far exceed the capabilities of the Libyan Red Crescent and even those of the government“explained Ramadan from Tunisia.
“Libya was not prepared for a catastrophe like that. I had never witnessed that level of catastrophe before. We admit that there were deficiencies even though this is the first time we have faced that level of catastrophe“, He said head of Libya’s Emergency and Ambulance authorityOsama Aly, to a local media.
“Urgent” humanitarian aid
He deputy prime minister, Ali al Gatraniasked the international community a “urgent” humanitarian intervention, especially in the city of Derna, the most affected by this phenomenon. It is blocked by land, without electricity or communications and declared a “disaster zone”.
Turkey, Tunisia, Algeria, United Arab Emirates and Egypt started shipping last night several airplanes to Libya with humanitarian aid and search and rescue teams.
Source: Ambito
