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A second Saudi relief plane departed Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, heading to Benghazi, Libya, carrying 40 tons of food assistance to be distributed to Libyans affected by the devastating floods. The aid is sent at instructions from Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister. A King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) team is managing the distribution of relief aid in coordination with the Libyan Red Crescent.

Derna (CNN) — 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

A UN report on Saturday gave a death toll of 11,300 for catastrophic flooding in the Libyan city of Derna, but a spokesperson later told The New Arab that including this figure was an 'unfortunate mistake'.

Thousands were killed after dams broke last week in the country’s northeast, displacing more than 40,000 people, and leaving survivors with a shortage of medical supplies and drinking water.

Rescue teams have been searching through huge piles of rubble in Derna on Sunday, 17 September, after devastating floods his eastern Libya this week. The extreme damage was caused by heavy rains from Mediterranean storm Daniel last weekend. More than 11,300 people died following the collapse of two dams and more than 10,000 are still missing, according to the Libyan Red Crescent. As a result of the collapse, a wall of water was sent through Derna which destroyed entire neighbourhoods and swept people out to sea. Searchers are digging through mud and hollowed-out buildings to look for possible ...