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More than 2,000 people were killed and at least 10,000 were missing in Libya in floods caused by a huge Mediterranean storm that burst dams, swept away buildings and wiped out as much as a quarter of the eastern coastal city of Derna.

More than 1,500 corpses collected, half of them buried as of Tuesday evening

Two dams and four bridges collapsed in Derna

Thousands of people were killed and at least 10,000 were missing in Libya in floods caused by a huge Mediterranean storm that burst dams, swept...

One minister said the sea was 'constantly dumping dozens of bodies', with more than 5,000 people dead

More than 1,500 corpses collected, half of them buried as of Tuesday evening

The northeastern city of Derna was hit especially hard after Storm Daniel burst open two dams, wiping away parts of the city.

The total number of people to die as a result of devastating floods in Libya is expected to be "huge".

More than 2,000 people were killed and at least 10,000 were missing in Libya in floods caused by a huge Mediterranean storm that burst dams, swept away buildings and wiped out as much as a quarter of the eastern coastal city of Derna. Officials expected the death t...

Survivors of Libya's deadly flood described a sound like an explosion when a dam burst, a torrent rapidly rising to upper storeys of buildings and escapes across rooftops or treading water for hours in rooms flooded almost to the ceiling. At the entrance to Derna, in eastern Libya, where a storm swelled a river and burst two dams, sending flood waters crashing through the city early on Monday, a group of survivors stood looking for shelter with their homes destroyed. Raja Sassi, 39, survive...