Floods in Libya: the distress of survivors

In the streets where the water rushed down, the force of the current carried everything away in the town of Derna (Libya). The river bed has widened, and the torrent gives way to a field of thick mud. Still standing, a building is half destroyed, while the buildings around it have been razed. “Everyone is here, come and help them get out of there”, specifies a resident. Thousands of residents are buried in the ruins of their homes.

Dams have burst

The catastrophe is measured from the sky. For three days, survivors have been picking up and placing bodies on the sidewalks. Among the victims, there are many families and children, surprised during the night. On the morning of Wednesday September 13, a journalist filmed the seaside. We can see the water which has completely changed color. The danger did not come from the Mediterranean, but from the dams above the city which had failed.