'I lost my daughter. Her mother is convinced that she is still alive. I am convinced that she is dead,' says Ahmed Ashour, 62. 'The girl left me with a 3-month-old baby.'
A sanitation worker disinfects rubble, amid rising concerns of spread of infectious diseases, as dead bodies started to decompose, following fatal floods in Derna, Libya, September 17, 2023. REUTERS/Amr AlfikyDERNA, Libya, Sept 18 - "I lost my daughter. Her mother is convinced that she is still alive. I am convinced that she is dead," says Ahmed Ashour, 62. "The girl left me with a 3-month-old baby.
Dams above the city burst in a storm a week ago, sending a huge torrent down a seasonal riverbed that runs through the centre of the city of 120,000 people. "Now efforts are focused on rescuing anyone and recovering bodies from under the rubble, especially at sea, with the participation of many divers and specialized rescue teams from countries."The roads into Derna were clogged on Monday with ambulances and trucks carrying in food, water, diapers, mattresses and other supplies.
Residents say the threat to the city from the crumbling dams above it had been widely known, with projects to repair the damsThe biggest threat to survivors may now come from contaminated water supplies.
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