Flood-hit Libyan city counts losses as search for missing goes on

DERNA - Residents of Derna in eastern Libya were counting their losses from a flood that devastated swathes of the coastal city as the search for the missing continued on Saturday for a sixth day and more bodies were pulled from the sea.

"This needs persistence and I'm afraid that the support that is coming is temporary," he said between tears, standing guard in front his ruined home, but adding that he was determined not to leave the area. More than 450 bodies had been recovered in the past three days from the seashore, including 10 from under the rubble, said Mr Kamal Al-Siwi, the official in charge of missing people.Libya’s flood-ravaged Derna struggles to cope with thousands of corpsesThe World Health Organisation said on Saturday it had flown in enough emergency aid to reach nearly 250,000 people affected by Storm Daniel across eastern Libya, including essential medicines, surgery supplies and body bags for the deceased.

More than 1,000 people have been buried in mass graves, according to the United Nations, drawing warnings from aid groups about the risk of contaminating water or causing mental distress to families of the deceased.Derna has been hit hard by the turmoil and conflict in Libya since the Nato-backed overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi during a popular uprising in 2011.

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