{"id":2029651,"date":"2023-09-12T17:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/estimated-10000-people-missing-after-libya-floods\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T17:38:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:38:32","slug":"estimated-10000-people-missing-after-libya-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/estimated-10000-people-missing-after-libya-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"Around 10,000 people missing due to Libya floods."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Festimated-10000-people-missing-after-libya-floods%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029651&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Overturned cars lay among other debris caused by flash floods in Derna, eastern Libya, on September 11, 2023. Flash floods in eastern Libya killed more than 2,300 people\u2063 in the Mediterranean coastal city of \u2064Derna alone, the emergency services of the Tripoli-based government said on September 12. (Photo\u2063 by -\/AFP\u200c via Getty \u200cImages)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>1:21 PM \u2013 Tuesday, September\u2063 12, 2023<\/p>\n<h2>A Storm of Devastation \u2062Hits\u200c Libya<\/h2>\n<p>A storm that hit Libya\u2064 on Monday is \u200dbelieved to have killed or \u2062misplaced up to 10,000 people due \u2064to disastrous flooding in the eastern part of the nation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to humanitarian\u200b reports, more than 2,000 people were\u2062 killed in just one coastal city, and many\u2062 more are still missing after a calamity brought \u200con by the Mediterranean\u200c storm \u201cDaniel\u201d worsened\u200b when\u2063 two dams burst.<\/p>\n<p>The nation of \u2062North Africa, which was already \u200bsuffering from years of strife, saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/estimated-10000-people-dead-after-libya-floods\/\" title=\"Around 10,000 lives lost due to Libya floods.\">entire neighborhoods destroyed<\/a>. Images showed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/estimated-10000-people-missing-after-libya-floods\/\" title=\"Around 10,000 people missing due to Libya floods.\">area completely destroyed<\/a> by the floodwaters. Vehicles, \u200cmasonry, and other \u2062debris littered the streets and whole buildings were washed\u2063 away.<\/p>\n<p>The ambulance and emergency services\u2062 stated that the\u200d downpour looked to\u2064 have caused the most\u200b damage in Derna, a\u2062 city\u2063 where 2,300 people\u200c were reported dead and another 5,000 were missing.<\/p>\n<p>The health minister in Libya\u2019s eastern government, Othman \u2064Abduljaleel, asserted that \u200cthe \u200bsituation was extremely \u201ccatastrophic.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe bodies are still lying on the \u2063ground in\u2063 many parts. Hospitals are\u2062 filled\u2062 with \u2064bodies. And there are \u2064areas we have yet \u200cto reach,\u201d he said, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Aid organizations have cautioned that\u2062 the death toll \u2062will likely increase considerably over\u200b the\u2063 next several days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ultimate death toll may\u2064 be far higher,\u201d said Tamer Ramadan,\u2063 during a video conference. Ramadan is\u2064 a representative\u200c of Libya\u2062 to\u200b the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent \u2062Societies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2064 confirmed from our independent sources of information the number\u200b of missing people is hitting 10,000 persons, so \u2064far,\u201d he said, adding that this \u2064is not a finalized figure. \u201cThe humanitarian needs are huge and much more beyond\u2064 the\u200c abilities of the Libyan Red Crescent and even beyond the abilities of the \u200bgovernment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Norwegian Refugee Council\u2019s Libya director, Dax Bennet Roque, \u200cstated that his staff was reporting a \u201cdisastrous situation\u201d after the floods struck some of the most underprivileged towns \u2062along the coast.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cMany families have \u200blost all their\u200b belongings and search and rescue workers are looking for\u2064 people missing. Tens\u2064 of\u2062 thousands of people are displaced with no prospect of\u2064 going back \u2064home,\u201d he said. \u201cCommunities across Libya \u2063have endured years of\u2063 conflict, poverty \u2064and\u2063 displacement. The \u2062latest disaster will exacerbate the situation for these \u200cpeople.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Two separate\u2062 governments in the nation typically compete with one another for control of \u200cthe east and west parts of Libya. Following the murder of Moammar Gadhafi in 2011 after\u200c 40 years in \u200dpower, both sides have received support from various militias and international countries that have fought for \u200ccontrol\u2062 of the oil-rich country.<\/p>\n<p>Following years of fighting, \u200bthe nation\u2019s infrastructure and public services are in disarray.<\/p>\n<p>The worst-affected\u200c districts, located near the towns of Derna, Shahat and Dar Al Bayda, were\u200d designated a \u201cdisaster zone\u201d on Monday by the\u2062 Libyan Presidential Council.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>According to the council, \u201cbrotherly and friendly countries and international organizations to\u2062 provide \u200cassistance and support for the stricken areas and \u200dmaritime \u2064rescue efforts to recover the victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Richard B. Norland, the American ambassador to Libya, declared in a statement that the United States \u200dhad\u2062 \u201cissued\u200d an official \u200ddeclaration\u200c of humanitarian need\u201d in response to the flooding.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe are coordinating with U.N.\u2063 partners and Libyan authorities \u200dto assess how best to\u2062 target official U.S. assistance,\u201d he said. \u201cLibyan Americans had \u2062been in \u200bcontact with the embassy with offers of financial \u200dhelp.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Monday, the \u200cLibyan Health Ministry said that it had rented\u200c a jet from African Airlines and loaded it with supplies and medication for\u200d distribution to the\u200b country\u2019s impacted towns in the east.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking \u2064news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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The Tripoli-based government&#8217;s emergency services reported that over 2,300 people lost their lives in Derna alone. OAN&#8217;s Brooke Mallory reported on this at 1:21. 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