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More than 3,000 people have died and 10,000 others are missing after floods caused by storm Daniel hit eastern Libya, an official said on Tuesday, citing the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
"We confirm from our independent sources of information that the number of missing persons has reached 10,000 people so far. The death toll is high and could reach thousands," said Tamer Ramadan, head of the ICRC mission. in Libya.
Othman Abdul Jalil, health minister of the parliament-appointed government, said most of the victims were in the coastal city of Derna. Other cities affected by the weekend disaster include Benghazi, Bayda, Al Marj and Soussa.
Jalili said that there were thousands of people missing from this natural disaster, but he did not give an exact figure. A source within the Libyan Red Crescent said most people died from suffocation or from collapsing residential buildings.
About 7,000 families remained stranded in the affected areas and rescue operations are underway to evacuate them, the source said. The Libyan Red Crescent lost four of its workers while helping with rescue efforts, according to the official, foreign media reported.
Ossama Hamad, the head of the parliament-appointed government, said on Monday that the death toll in Derna alone reached 2,000 and thousands more were missing.
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, head of Libya's Tripoli-based unity government, declared all flooded areas disaster zones and declared three days of national mourning.
Georgette Gagnon, UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Libya, said she was "deeply saddened" by the severe impact of the storm, which sent an emergency team to support local authorities and partners in the region.
Initial reports indicate that dozens of villages and towns have been affected by the storm, with damage to infrastructure and loss of life, she added.
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