00:00 Derna is a city in ruins with 11,300 of its people confirmed killed and a further 10,100
00:10 missing presumed dead. Survivors of the flood in this city in eastern Libya feel abandoned
00:15 in a country that's survived years of civil war.
00:28 Hurricane Daniel brought heavy rain to Libya last weekend but it was the collapse of two
00:32 dams built in the 1970s above Derna that triggered the catastrophe. Engineers blame years of
00:38 neglect.
00:41 During these 45 years we should have about 10 dams behind the second one to help.
00:49 To the west of Libya in its capital Tripoli aid is beginning to arrive for those left
00:54 homeless. A Libyan army spokesman said as many as 1.2 million people could be affected.
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