More than 5,000 people have died, and over 7,000 people are still missing in the Libyan port city of Derna. Relief efforts are underway but face daunting challenges.
Another 10,100 people are still missing in the devastated city, the UN s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said, using Red Crescent figures. Elsewhere in eastern Libya outside Derna, the flooding took an additional 170 lives, the update said. "These figures are expected to rise as search-and-rescue crews work tirelessly to find survivors," the UN update said.
More than 5,000 people have died, and over 7,000 people are still missing in the Libyan port city of Derna. Relief efforts are underway but face daunting challenges.
As authorities in Libya announced a three-day mourning period following a deadly flood disaster, a Catholic bishop in the North African country expressed the church's closeness to the people, many of whom are injured, missing or trapped by the storm waters.
More than 5,000 people have died, and over 7,000 people are still missing in the Libyan port city of Derna. Relief efforts are underway but face daunting challenges.