By Emily McGarvey and Holly Wallis
Summary
- The death toll following the flooding in Libya has reached around 11,000, the Red Crescent in Derna says
- Some 20,000 people have been reported as missing, it says, as workers continue to recover bodies
- Most of the thousands of deaths could have been avoided, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization says
- Warnings should have been issued, leading to evacuations, “and we could have avoided most of the human casualties”
- Meanwhile, Libyan politician Guma El-Gamaty says the flooding was a disaster waiting to happen…
This is where we will end our live coverage of the Libya floods for today. You can keep across our coverage here:
- Survivors shared harrowing tales of survival, such as the man who clung to powerlines to save himself from being swept away by the torrent
- Satellite images show the devastated city of Derna before and after Storm Daniel made landfall…
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