CNN —More than 2,000 people in Libya are feared dead in severe flooding, according to a Libyan leader, as Storm Daniel swept through the eastern part of the country.
Hamad called on medical personnel and medical assistants to go to the badly affected city of Derna in eastern Libya to provide assistance immediately.
The storm brought catastrophic flooding to Greece last week before moving into the Mediterranean and developed into a tropical-like cyclone known as a medicane.
The remains of the storm are affecting northern Libya and will slowly head east toward northern Egypt.
Rainfall for the next two days could reach 50mm – this region averages less than 10mm across the whole of September.
Persons:
Storm Daniel, Osama Hamad, “ Osama Hamad, ” LANA, Hamad, “, ”
Organizations:
CNN, Libyan News Agency, Crescent, Reuters, Hospitals, Medical, Bayda, Facebook, United Nations, Mission
Locations:
Libya, Derna, Benghazi, Bayda, Europe, Greece, Pacific, Egypt