Libya floods: Death toll in eastern city of Derna surpasses 5,100, says health official

The death toll from Sunday's violent flood in Libya's eastern city of Derna surpassed 5,100 on Wednesday, according to a health official.

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00:00 A city flattened, that's how those on the ground are describing the Libyan city of Derna

00:07 after the weekend's devastating floods. More than 5,000 bodies have now been recovered

00:13 and more are expected. Rescue volunteers are working around the clock to scavenge whoever

00:19 they can from the rubble and ruin of the city. On Sunday night, the bursting of two dams

00:25 hit by a huge storm swept through the eastern town, sweeping away hundreds of buildings.

00:32 According to official figures, 9,000 people are missing. These satellite images showing

00:37 the before and after of the floods help to understand the magnitude of the catastrophe.

00:44 According to the International Organization for Migration, the tragedy has left at least

00:48 30,000 people displaced, left to fend for themselves in a state torn by a decade of

00:54 civil war. Thus, it is the citizens who are primarily responsible for burying the victims,

01:01 the overwhelming majority in mass graves. Less than half of the corpses recovered in

01:06 Derna are yet to be buried.

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