Images of the devastating floods that have left more than 3,000 dead and 10,000 missing in Libya

The death toll now exceeds 3,000 and it is estimated that there are around 10,000 people missing.

The devastating floods caused by the Storm Daniel that have devastated the east of Libyathe worst in the last four decadeshave left cities completely isolated, dams and bridges destroyed and a trail of death in their wake.

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According to the Minister of Health of the administration that controls this part of the country, the confirmed deaths have already reached 3,000, Othman Abdul Jalil told the Turkish Anadolu agency.

Alone in the city of Derna More than a thousand bodies have been recovered.

“There are bodies everywhere: in the sea, in the valleys, under buildings,” Hichem Chkiouat, civil aviation minister and member of the eastern emergency committee, told Reuters.

Many of the buildings in this city of 125,000 inhabitants have collapsed, said Chkiouat, who assured that “I am not exaggerating if I say that 25% of the city has disappeared.”

The number of missing people shows the scale of tragedy.

“We can confirm from our independent information sources that the number of missing people reaches 10,000 for now,” said Tamer Ramadan, head of the Libyan delegation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). its acronym in English).

In addition to Derna, which has been razed, the cities of Benghazi, Susa and Al Marj, all in the east, as well as Misrata, in the west, have also been affected. (GETTY).

The differences have been temporarily put aside and the Tripoli government today sent a plane with 14 tons of medical supplies, body bags and some 80 doctors and paramedics.

According to Libyan journalist Abdulkader Assad, this hinders rescue effortse, since the different administrations do not have the capacity to respond quickly to a natural disaster.

“There are no rescue teams, there are no trained rescuers in Libya. “Everything in the last 12 years has revolved around war,” he told the BBC.

“There are two governments in Libya… and this is slowing down the aid coming to Libya because everything is confusing. There are people who promise help, but the help does not arrive,” says Assad.

After years of negligence, in which the armed conflict has deteriorated the country’s infrastructure, two dams could not withstand the torrent of water and burst, carrying away the populations in their path. (GETTY).

Entire towns like this one, Al Mujaili, were submerged under the waters. (REUTERS).

Numerous infrastructures, such as roads and bridges, have been washed away by the force of the waters. (REUTERS).

Libya has declared three areas of the Cyrenaica region a disaster zone, and has requested international help. (REUTERS).

Several countries, including Italy and Turkey, have sent humanitarian aid to the affected areas in Libya. (REUTERS).

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