🧵 1. Flood survivors in Libya's Derna face tough choices: risk infection staying for scarce water or flee through landmine-filled areas. #world
🧵 1. Flood survivors in Libya's Derna face tough choices: risk infection staying for scarce water or flee through landmine-filled areas. #world
🧵 2. Thousands killed as dams broke, sweeping away homes in Derna. Conflicting death tolls reported by UN and Libyan Red Crescent.
🧵 3. Search for bodies and survivors hampers accurate casualty count. WHO confirms 3,922 deaths, while eastern Libyan health minister reports 3,283.
🧵 4. Over 1,000 buried in mass graves, raising concerns. Libyan authorities confirm 150 poisoned by contaminated water in flood-hit areas.
🧵 5. Derna residents devastated, unsure of next steps. Many lost family members and districts have been destroyed. Rumors add to their uncertainty.
🧵 Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/libyan-flood-survivors-weigh-water-shortages-against-landmine-risk-2023-09-17/