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'It's like doomsday': More than 5,000 dead after Libyan floods

The number could double, the minister for the eastern administration adds.

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by The Star

News13 September 2023 - 12:17
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• The floods burst two dams in the eastern coastal city and swept away homes.

More than 5,300 people have died after floods in the Libyan city of Derna, a local minister says.

The number could double, the minister for the eastern administration adds.

The floods burst two dams in the eastern coastal city and swept away homes.

Streets are covered in mud and rubble and are littered with upturned vehicles.

"They say it's like doomsday," says one Libyan journalist. "The water took the ground beneath them".

Libya is divided between two rival governments, with one operating from Tripoli and another one in the east.