The death toll from the unprecedented flooding in northeastern Libya has risen to at least 11,300 people, the U.N. has said, with 10,100 more missing in the devastated city of Derna alone. Bodies are regularly being found amid mangled cars, uprooted palm trees and bits of buildings at the Derna seafront. Yousef Murad / APThe World Health Organization said 32 tons of health aid — enough to reach almost 250,000 people — also arrived Saturday, including essential medicines, trauma and emergency supplies, and medical equipment. “This is a disaster of epic proportions,” Dr. Ahmed Zouiten, a WHO representative in Libya, said in a statement. International aid groups and Libyans alike scrambled to get humanitarian aid delivered to the devastated areas over the weekend.

Source: Libya Today September 17, 2023 21:19 UTC