🧵 1. Devastating floods in eastern Libya claim over 2,300 lives, leaving 7,000 injured and thousands missing. Dams bursting in Derna worsened the situation. #world
🧵 1. Devastating floods in eastern Libya claim over 2,300 lives, leaving 7,000 injured and thousands missing. Dams bursting in Derna worsened the situation. #world
🧵 2. Red Crescent is overwhelmed by the disaster, struggling with access to healthcare, shelter, food, and aiding the families affected.
🧵 3. Storm Daniel brought heavy downpours, flooding towns and villages across the region and washing away entire neighborhoods.
🧵 4. More casualties reported, with over 65 people dead in other cities. National Petroleum Company on high alert, impacting oil production.
🧵 5. International assistance sought as Red Crescent compares the destruction to a major earthquake. Forecast warns of more rain in the coming days.
🧵 Read more at: https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/12/10000-people-are-missing-and-thousands-are-feared-dead-as-eastern-libya-is-devastated-by-f
Wow, this is terrible. I'm even reluctant reading the whole article, I think I might find something more terrifying.