Cars and rubble sit in a street in Derna, Libya, on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, after it was flooded by heavy rains. Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams swept away entire neighborhoods and wrecked homes in multiple coastal towns in the east of the North African nation. As many as 2,000 people were feared dead one of the country s leaders said. AP
The new death toll is for the whole eastern region and includes those who died by drowning and in building collapses, according to the Red Crescent
Rescue operations are underway in the affected areas as 7,000 families have been displaced, the source reported.
They added that a large number of people remain missing in severely stricken areas, such as Derna, where telephone communications have been cut off.
On Tuesday morning, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi declared a three-day mourning in the country in solidarity with the victims of humanitarian disasters in Morocco and Libya.
Furthermore, El-Sisi directed the Armed Forces to provide humanitarian aid, including relief teams, rescue equipment, and shelter camps, in cooperation and coordination with Libyan and Moroccan authorities
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