STORY: 38,640 people displaced in Libya floods as water contamination, power outages disrupt daily life
DATELINE: Sept. 16, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:29
LOCATION: Tripoli
CATEGORY: OTHERS

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1. various of floods affected area in Libya

STORYLINE:

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that more than 38,640 people have been displaced in the most affected areas in northeastern Libya after heavy floods triggered by Mediterranean storm Daniel swept the region.

Also on Friday, Libya's Housing and Utilities Projects Implementation Agency revealed that the floods had damaged about 5,000 homes. It added that the floods have also ruined water supply networks, leaving people in the affected areas with a serious water shortage of drinking water.

The floods have so far claimed at least 5,500 lives and left another 10,000 missing, official statistics show.

The security services on Friday continued the mass burial of the retrieved bodies in Derna after taking their photos, and the city's public prosecutor is overseeing the collection of DNA samples from the victims so that they could be identified by their relatives later, local sources told Xinhua.

A Mediterranean storm made landfall in eastern Libya on Sept. 10, triggering floods and causing extensive damage to infrastructure along its path.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tripoli.
(XHTV)