Libya floods wipe out quarter of city, 10,000 feared missing
By Reuters
04 October 2023 |
7:49 am
At least 10,000 people were feared missing in Libya on Tuesday in floods caused by a huge storm that burst dams, swept away buildings and wiped out as much as a quarter of the eastern city of Derna.
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