"Ten thousand people had been declared missing by official aid agencies such as the Libyan #RedCrescent, but the new, ominous higher estimate of 20,000 deaths came from the director of Al-Bayda Medical Center, Abdul Rahim Maziq.

Corpses still litter the street, and drinkable water is in short supply" #LibyaFloods #Floods

‘Sea is constantly dumping bodies’: fears #Libya flood death toll may hit 20,000

Experts estimate that 30 million cubic metres of water were released when the dams broke, equivalent to 12,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. #LibyaFloods

Why did #Derna’s dams break when #StormDaniel hit #Libya?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/13/why-did-dernas-dams-break-when-storm-daniel-hit-libya

#Derna Mayor Abdulmenam al-Ghaithi told Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television the estimated number of deaths in the city could reach between 18,000 to 20,000 based on the number of districts destroyed by the flood. #LibyaFloods

Death toll in #Libya’s Derna flooding could reach 20,000: Mayor
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/13/libyans-search-for-families-after-catastrophic-flood-kill-thousands

#Libya’s attorney general has been asked by senior politicians to launch an urgent inquiry into the catastrophic #floods that have killed tens of thousands of people, including into allegations local officials imposed a curfew on the night #StormDaniel struck, causing the collapse of two badly maintained dams. #LibyaFloods

Libyans call for inquiry as fury grows over death toll from catastrophic floods
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/14/libya-call-for-inquiry-fury-death-toll-catastrophic-floods