In Derna alone, the city most affected by the floods caused by Hurricane Daniel which hit the eastern part of Libya, around 6 thousand people are missing .
This was announced by the Minister of Health of the government supported by the Tobruk Parliament, Othman Abdujalil. «The situation – said the minister who visited the city yesterday – is catastrophic. Bodies lie everywhere. There are families still stuck in their homes and victims under the rubble. I believe that many people were dragged into the sea, we will find them ."
Meanwhile, the head of the Libyan Government of National Unity (GUN), Abdelhamid Dabaiba, has proclaimed three days of mourning and has decided to fly the flag at half-mast throughout Libya to honor the over two thousand deaths confirmed so far . A number unfortunately destined to increase dramatically as the hours pass.
The high number of victims, explained Libyan National Army spokesman Ahmed Al Mismari, is due to the collapse of two dams south of Derna, which collapsed all the city's bridges and flooded entire neighborhoods .
“Such a high number of floods has not occurred in Libya for more than four decades,” said the director of the Libyan Meteorological Authority.
The international solidarity machine has already been activated, including the Italian one. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni learned "with pain" of the disaster, Palazzo Chigi communicates. «Italy expresses all its closeness and solidarity to the families of the victims and to the Libyan people and has activated the Civil Protection to be able to assist Libya affected by this emergency in the best possible way ».
(Unioneonline/L)