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  • 13/09/2023
The death toll from Sunday's violent flood in Libya's eastern city of Derna surpassed 5,100 on Wednesday, according to a health official.
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00:00 A city flattened, that's how those on the ground are describing the Libyan city of Derna
00:07 after the weekend's devastating floods. More than 5,000 bodies have now been recovered
00:13 and more are expected. Rescue volunteers are working around the clock to scavenge whoever
00:19 they can from the rubble and ruin of the city. On Sunday night, the bursting of two dams
00:25 hit by a huge storm swept through the eastern town, sweeping away hundreds of buildings.
00:32 According to official figures, 9,000 people are missing. These satellite images showing
00:37 the before and after of the floods help to understand the magnitude of the catastrophe.
00:44 According to the International Organization for Migration, the tragedy has left at least
00:48 30,000 people displaced, left to fend for themselves in a state torn by a decade of
00:54 civil war. Thus, it is the citizens who are primarily responsible for burying the victims,
01:01 the overwhelming majority in mass graves. Less than half of the corpses recovered in
01:06 Derna are yet to be buried.
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