CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities blocked civilians from entering the flood-stricken eastern city of Derna on Friday so search teams could look through the mud and wrecked buildings for 10,100 people still missing after the known toll rose to 11,300 dead.
The Libyan Red Crescent said as of Thursday that 11,300 people in Derna had died and another 10,100 were reported missing.
Abduljaleel said rescue teams were searching wrecked buildings in the city center and divers were combing the sea off Derna.
Soon after the storm hit the city Sunday night, residents said they heard loud explosions when the dams outside the city collapsed.
Floodwaters gushed down Wadi Derna, a valley that cuts through the city, crashing through buildings and washing people out to sea.
Persons:
Derna, Salam, Daniel, Othman Abduljaleel, Abduljaleel, Lori Hieber Girardet, Khalifa Hiftar, —, Jack Jeffery, Jamey Keaten
Organizations:
—, Ambulance, Emergency Service, Associated Press, Libyan
Locations:
CAIRO, Derna, Libya, Libya's, Libyan, London, Geneva