A desperate search for thousands of people missing after catastrophic flooding in the Libyan city of Derna on Wednesday entered its third day, with thousands already confirmed dead and the toll expected to rise.
The flood was caused by a powerful storm that burst dams nearby, unleashing a torrent of water that has devastated a quarter or more of the Mediterranean city, washing away buildings along with their residents.
Officials in eastern Libya have said that the death toll so far stands at more than five thousand while some ten thousand people are estimated to be missing, believed to have been swept out to sea.
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