September 17, 2023, 6:00 a.m
Storm Daniel, which hit the city of Derna, caused two dams upstream to burst and triggered tsunami-sized flooding along the wadi that runs through the city.
Photo gallery – Libya devastated by floods
In Libyaaccording to l‘U.N, the catastrophic ones Floods caused by the storm Daniel caused a week ago at least 11,300 dead a The NA, in the east of the country. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced this today, adding that the disaster also led to the deaths of 170 people elsewhere in eastern Libya.
“According to the Libyan Red Crescent, these unprecedented floods have caused around 11,300 deaths and 10,100 missing people in the city of Derna alone,” the OCHA said in a recent update on the situation, specifying that “these numbers are expected to increase as the search continues .” and rescue operations around the clock.”
Red Crescent denies UN: “The number of deaths is not 11,300” However, the Libyan Red Crescent has rejected the budget of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. “We are amazed that our name is associated with these figures. They add to the confusion and grief of the families of the missing,” Libyan Red Crescent spokesman Taoufik Chokri told AFP from Benghazi.
Storm Daniel, which struck the city of 100,000 people on the night of Sunday to Monday, caused two dams upstream to break and triggered a tsunami-sized flood along the wadi that runs through the city.
East Libya Government Health Minister Othman Abdeljalil reported 3,252 deaths last night. In a previously issued press release, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the bodies of 3,958 people had been found and identified and that “more than 9,000 people” were still missing. “The humanitarian situation remains particularly serious in Derna,” Ocha said, adding that the city is experiencing a lack of drinking water and at least 55 children have been poisoned by consuming contaminated water.
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