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Another 170 people died from floods elsewhere in Libya, the US news channel CNN reported on Saturday evening (local time), citing the UN Emergency Relief Office (OCHA).
The number of victims is likely to continue to rise, it said. At least 10,100 people are missing in Derna alone. “Search and rescue forces are working tirelessly to find survivors,” the UN stressed. The flood disaster occurred a week ago. As the Arabic television channel Al Jazeera reported, bodies were still washing up or decomposing under the rubble of destroyed buildings.
Storm “Daniel” hit the North African civil war country last Sunday. Two dams burst near the particularly affected city of Darna, and entire quarters of the city, which has a population of 100,000, were washed into the sea. Meanwhile, concerns grew about possible health impacts for the city’s population. By Saturday, around 150 cases of diarrhea had been reported. The head of the Center for Disease Control, Haidar al-Sajih, cited contaminated drinking water as the reason.
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