At least 10,000 people were feared missing or dead in Libya in floods caused by a huge storm that burst dams, swept away buildings and wiped out as much as a quarter of the eastern city of Derna. More than 1,000 bodies have already been recovered in Derna alone and officials expected the death toll would steadily rise, after Storm Daniel barrelled across the Mediterranean into a country divided and crumbling following a decade of conflict raging unabated since the fall of Gaddafi. For more analysis and perspective on the catastrophic floods unleashed on the fragile people of a crisis-ridden country engulfed in conflict, FRANCE 24’s Nadia Massih is joined by Claudia Gazzini, International Crisis Group’s Senior Analyst for Libya.
Rival Libya govts ‘completely neglected failing infrastructure’ that succumbed to treacherous floods
