More than 3,800 people were killed, according to an interim report

Floods that occurred nearly two weeks ago in Libya due to Storm Daniel left more than 3,800 people dead, according to a new report, still provisional, sent by the authorities of eastern Libya on the evening of Saturday, September 23. The massive floods that destroyed the city of Derna in the east of the country left at least 3,845 victims, according to official statistics. “This afternoon”This was announced by Muhammad Al-Jarh, the official spokesman for the relief supervisory committee formed by the government in the east of the country.

This number, according to him, includes only buried bodies registered with the Ministry of Health. “It is expected to increase every day”, He said. Muhammad Al-Jarh explained that the bodies that were hastily buried by the people in the first days after the disaster have not been counted yet.

According to him, the authorities are working to identify the victims buried without identifying them, as well as the missing persons, whose number has risen to more than 10,000, according to estimates by the authorities and international humanitarian organizations. He called on residents to report missing persons to two offices established by the Public Prosecutor in Derna.

Meanwhile, searches for bodies continue under the rubble or in the sea, and at least nine foreign teams are still participating, according to Mr. Al-Jarh.

Storm Daniel particularly hit Derna, a city of 100,000 people bordering the Mediterranean, rupturing two dams upstream and causing a tsunami-sized flood, sweeping away everything in its path. The floods caused the displacement of more than 43,000 people, according to the latest statistics of the International Organization for Migration.