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DERNA — International rescue teams in Libya are calling for more help to retrieve the bodies of victims killed in devastating floods that swept through the eastern city of Derna, killing thousands. More than a week on, the teams said the majority of the victims’ bodies are in the water, with some corpses in areas that can only be reached using special equipment. “Bodies are severely decomposing and at one point retrieving …

"If we get the right boats we can retrieve 100 bodies every day."

Derna’s future and Libya’s broader political fate will be determined by the race for recovery and the battle of narratives over who is responsible for the tragedy.

General Prosecutor Al-Sediq al-Sour said officials would investigate the collapse of dams which were built in the 1970s.

The floods overwhelmed two dams, sending a wall of water several meters high through the center of Derna, destroying entire neighborhoods and sweeping people out to sea.

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Libya’s top prosecutor says he has opened an investigation into the collapse of two dams that caused a devastating flood in a coastal city.

Libya’s top prosecutor says he has opened an investigation into the collapse of two dams that caused a devastating flood in a coastal city

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Libya probes collapse of two dams after flooding devastated eastern city, killing over 11,000