DERNA, Sept 17 — A week after a wall of water rushed through the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the focus turned today to caring for survivors...
DERNA, Sept 17 — A week after a wall of water rushed through the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the focus turned today to caring for survivors of the disaster.The most recent official death toll, from the health minister of the eastern-based administration, Othman Abdeljalil, is that 3,166 people were killed.
Aid is now arriving in the North African country as the world mobilises to help emergency services cope with the aftermath of the deadly flood. The banks of a dried riverbed or wadi running through the city centre had been heavily built on, and last week’s torrent swept everything before it as it rushed towards the Mediterranean.A rescue crew from Malta’s Civil Protection Department discovered a beach strewn with dead bodies on Friday, the Times of Malta newspaper reported.
Questions are being asked as to why the disaster was not prevented, when cracks in the dams have been known about since 1998.
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