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Warmer seas, political chaos and inadequate infrastructure combined with devastating effect in the flooding that has killed more than 2,300 people in Libya, experts said on Tuesday.
Satellites watched as a rare Mediterranean hurricane, or 'medicane,' named Daniel swirled above the Sahara Desert, bringing catastrophic flooding to Libya.
Libya’s health minister told reporters that ultimately the number of deaths is expected to reach 10,000.
Reports say one quarter of the city of Derna, home to well over 100,000 people, has been totally swept away.
Warmer seas, political chaos and inadequate infrastructure combined with devastating effect in the flooding that has killed more than 2,300 people in Libya, experts said on Tuesday.Riverside buildings in the eastern Mediterranean coastal city of Derna collapsed after Storm Daniel brought heavy rainfall that broke river dams and engulfed entire neighbourhoods.Daniel formed around September 4, bringing death and destruction to Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey last week.