According to BBC As aid workers battle to reach the remote Libyan city of Derna, heart-rending accounts of loss are emerging in the wake of the deadly floods, which washed entire streets into the sea. One man, unable to find his wife and five children, has told reporters he lost “at least 50 members from my father’s family”. More than 5,000 people are confirmed dead and the city’s mayor says the death toll could reach 20,000, with the sea “constantly dumping dozens of bodies”. BBC reported that Rescue workers have arrived from Egypt, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Qatar – see the destruction they’re facing. Libya has been beset by chaos since Nato’s overthrown of Col Muammar Gaddafi, in 2011. The UN says the country’s two rival governments are co-ordinating relief efforts but that the deaths could have been avoided if the country issued warnings
News source; BBC
