Storms Destroy Derna, Thousands Feared Dead in Libyan Crisis
In the eastern Libyan city of Derna on Wednesday, something terrible happened. Due to the heavy rain, two major dams collapsed. Due to this, there were serious floods that destroyed a lot of property and possibly thousands of lives. We are unsure of the exact number of fatalities or missing persons because it is difficult to enter Derna. According to some officials, there may be thousands. We can see from images posted on social media that roads were blocked, and landslides and flooding made it difficult for rescue workers to help people. To locate and bury the remains in mass graves, the community had to make use of simple tools. Derna and the neighboring villages are mostly shut off from the outside world, in spite of the attempts made by the government to fix the internet and mobile phones. Both those in power in the east and those who are working against them in the west use the word "thousands" when describing the death toll. The floods in Derna were to blame for more ...