Libya asks for international help as 2,000 people feared dead in flood after being hit by Storm Daniel

Mediterranean Storm Daniel has caused catastrophic flooding, resulting in the complete engulfing of entire neighbourhoods after it hit the country's eastern region.Earlier, the head of the Red Crescent aid group in the region claimed the number of confirmed dead was 150, with that figure expected to rise to 250.

In a phone interview with al Masar television station Monday, Prime Minister Ossama Hamad of the east Libyan government said that 2,000 were feared dead in Derna, and thousands were believed missing. Ahmed al Mismari, the spokesperson for the Libyan National Army that controls eastern Libya, said the disaster came after dams above Derna collapsed,"sweeping whole neighbourhoods with their residents into the sea".

He said the number of those who had died was over 2,000 and estimated the number of missing individuals to be between 5,000 and 6,000.

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