{"id":3139,"date":"2023-09-12T00:43:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T00:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/death-toll-in-derna-tops-2000-after-floods-hit-eastern-libya-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T00:43:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T00:43:10","slug":"death-toll-in-derna-tops-2000-after-floods-hit-eastern-libya-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/death-toll-in-derna-tops-2000-after-floods-hit-eastern-libya-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll in Derna tops 2,000 after floods hit eastern Libya | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nANKARA:
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The death toll from floods in the eastern Libyan city of Derna has risen above 2,000, local media reported on Monday.<\/p>\n

Further thousands are believed to be missing, Libyan News Agency (LANA) cited Ossama Hamad, the head of the parliament-appointed government, as saying in an interview.<\/p>\n

Hamad also said entire residential blocks were erased after they were swept away by the floods in Derna.<\/p>\n

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Early on Monday, the head of Libya\u2019s Tripoli-based unity government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, declared all areas exposed to the storm and floods as \u201cdisaster zones.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dbeibeh also announced three days of national mourning for the victims of deadly floods that ravaged the North African country.<\/p>\n

Storm Daniel swept several areas in eastern Libya on Sunday, most notably the cities of Benghazi, Bayda, and Al Marj, as well as Soussa and Derna, according to an Anadolu<\/em> reporter in the field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n