He said there were between 5,000 and 6,000 reported missing. He said Derna has been declared a disaster zone.Īhmed al-Mosmari, a spokesman for the country's armed forces based in the east, told a news conference that the death toll in Derna had surpassed 2,000. In a phone interview with al-Masar television station Monday, Prime Minister Ossama Hamad of the east Libyan government said 2,000 were feared dead in Derna and thousands were believed missing. Multi-story apartment buildings that once stood well back from the river were partially collapsed into the mud. Entire residential areas were erased along a river that runs down from the mountains through the city center. Video by residents of the city posted online showed major devastation. But the tally did not include Derna, which had become inaccessible, and many of the thousands missing there were believed carried away by waters. The confirmed death toll from the weekend flooding stood at 61 as of late Monday, according to health authorities.
Libya remains divided between two rival administrations, one in the east and one in the west, each backed by militias and foreign governments.
The destruction appeared greatest in Derna, a city formerly held by Islamic extremists in the chaos that has gripped Libya for more than a decade and left it with crumbling and inadequate infrastructure. As many as 2,000 people were feared dead, one of the country's leaders said Monday. CAIRO (AP) - Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that swept away entire neighborhoods and wrecked homes in multiple coastal towns in the east of the North African nation.
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