swept away buildings and wiped out as much as a quarter of the eastern coastal city of Derna.
Wahda Hospital’s director Mohamad al-Qabisi said 1,700 people had died in one of the city’s two districts and 500 had died in the other. The local al-Masar television said the eastern administration's interior minister had said more than 5,000 people died. As Turkey and other countries rushed aid to Libya, including search and rescue vehicles, rescue boats, generators and food, distraught Derna citizens rushed home in search of loved ones.People are stuck on a road as a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Shahhat city, Libya, on Sept 11. PHOTO: REUTERS
At Tripoli airport in northwest Libya, a woman wailed as she received a call saying most of her family were dead or missing. Her brother-in-law, Mr Walid Abdulati, said:"We are not speaking about one or two people dead, but up to 10 members of each family dead." A video posted on social media showed remnants of a collapsed dam 11.5 km upstream of the city where two river valleys converged, now surrounded by huge pools of mud-coloured water.
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