Libyan officials say over 2,000 people have died and thousands more are missing after freak floods hit eastern Libya.
Images filmed by residents of the Libyan disaster area showed massive mudslides, collapsed buildings and entire neighbourhoods submerged under muddy water. / Photo: AFP
Further thousands are believed to be missing, Libyan News Agency cited Ossama Hamad, head of Libya's eastern parliament-backed government, as saying on Monday. Early on Monday, the head of Libya’s Tripoli-based unity government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, declared all areas exposed to the storm and floods as"disaster zones."
Storm Daniel swept several areas in eastern Libya on Sunday, most notably the cities of Benghazi, Bayda, and Al Marj, as well as Soussa and Derna, according to an Anadolu reporter in the field.
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