Libya investigates dams' collapse after devastating flood
The floods overwhelmed two dams, sending a wall of water several meters high through the center of Derna.
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The floods overwhelmed two dams, sending a wall of water several meters high through the center of Derna.
General Prosecutor Al-Sediq al-Sour said officials would investigate the collapse of dams which were built in the 1970s.
General Prosecutor Al-Sediq al-Sour said officials would investigate the collapse of dams which were built in the 1970s.
After the floods that struck the country, the Red Cross appealed for help to the population by collecting donations for Libya in Croatia.
The sheer numbers of people dead or unaccounted for in the Libyan city of Derna is overwhelming survivors, who say they had minutes to get away before the coastal city was devastated by a tsunami-like torrent.