[1/2] Rescuers search for dead bodies at a beach, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 16, 2023. REUTERS/Ayman Al-Sahili/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsVALLETTA, Sept 16 (Reuters) - A Maltese rescue team found hundreds of dead bodies on a beach in the flood-stricken Libyan city of Derna on Friday, the Malta Civil Protection Department said on Saturday. "There were probably about 400, but it is difficult to say," Natalino Bezzina, who is leading the Maltese team, told the Times of Malta newspaper. Bezzina told Maltese media that a small CPD team came across the cave that was half submerged and found bodies inside. Then they came across a small bay filled with debris and several hundred dead bodies.

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Persons: Ayman Al, Bezzina, Storm Daniel, Ros Russell Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Malta Civil Protection Department, Maltese, Times, CPD, Libyan, Thomson Locations: Derna, Libya, Rights VALLETTA, Maltese, Libyan, Malta, Storm