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Death toll rises past 11,300 in Libya flooding disaster as disease risks grow and anger simmers

  • Flooding caused by dams bursting in Derna, Libya has resulted in over 11,300 deaths and left 10,100 missing.
  • Entire neighborhoods in Derna have been destroyed, displacing over 40,000 people.
  • Bodies continue to be found in buildings and washed up from the sea while the threat of disease outbreaks looms.
  • Protests have erupted demanding accountability, reconstruction, and oversight in Derna, where residents feel neglected by the rival Libyan governments.
  • International assistance has been sent but distribution remains challenging, highlighting how Libya's political fractures have left it vulnerable to this disaster.
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