[1/3] Displaced people receive food aid from private schools and parents from east of Libya, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 15, 2023.
A torrent washed away whole districts of Derna, a city in eastern Libya, on Sunday night after two dams collapsed.
A U.N. report published on Thursday said that over 1,000 bodies in Derna and over 100 bodies in Albayda had been buried in mass graves after the floods on Sept. 11.
"Bodies are littering the streets, washing back on shore and are buried under collapsed buildings and debris.
He warned that unexploded ordnances, common in some parts of Libya, posed a risk for those involved in recovering the dead.
Persons:
Omran, Kazunobu Kojima, Cross, Bilal Sablouh, Emma Farge, Miranda Murray, Mark Potter
Organizations:
REUTERS, Rights, World Health Organization, WHO, International Committee, International Federation of, Red Crescent Societies, Regional, ICRC, Thomson
Locations:
Libya, Derna, WHO's, Albayda, Africa, Geneva, Benghazi