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Through the city and out to sea. Now to give you a sense of the power of that reverse tsunami 20 centimetres of fast moving water, is enough to knock adults off theirfeet here you had three metres of water sweeping everything in its path. It is an appalling loss of life the man in these pictures had onlyjust found his son, and was begging Rescue Workers not to move him. Desperate scenes repeated again and again there are some people who have lost 30 50 members of their extended family. Heres one survivor describing what he went through. Translation we woke up at around 33. 30am, i we heard a l...

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The flash flood that has killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed a "medicane", a rare but destructive weather phenomenon that scientists believe will intensify in a warming world, reported Agence France Press (AFP). The term is an amalgamation of the words Mediterranean and hurricane. Used by scientists and weather forecasters, it is less well known to the wider public.

An official tells the BBC people in Derna were told to flee but some did not take the threat seriously.