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The staggering death toll could grow further due to the spread of waterborne diseases and shifting of explosive ordnance that was swept up when two dams collapsed early Monday and sent a wall of water gushing through the city, officials warned.

Libyan authorities are sealing off an inundated city to allow search teams to dig through the mud and hollowed-out buildings for 10,000 people missing and feared dead after flooding

Libya has been split since 2014 between rival governments in the east and west backed by various militia forces and international patrons.

Libyan authorities limited access to the flooded city of Derna on Friday to make it easier for searchers to dig through the mud and hollowed-out buildings for the more than 10,000 people still missing and presumed dead following a disaster that has already claimed more than 11,000 lives.

Aid groups called on Libyan authorities to facilitate their access to the city so they can distribute badly needed food, clean water and medical supplies

Aid groups called on Libyan authorities to facilitate their access to the city so they can distribute badly needed food, clean water and medical supplies

Aid groups called on Libyan authorities to facilitate their access to the city so they can distribute badly needed food, clean water and medical supplies

Aid groups called on Libyan authorities to facilitate their access to the city so they can distribute badly needed food, clean water and medical supplies

Aid groups called on Libyan authorities to facilitate their access to the city so they can distribute badly needed food, clean water and medical supplies

Teams have buried bodies in mass graves outside the city and in nearby towns, Eastern Libya’s health minister, Othman Abduljaleel, said.