Between hope and pain, this is what survivors of the Libyan floods told

Weather of Arabia - leaving behind many of their families bodies inside their homes that were flooded with water. This is what the survivors narrated after they miraculously survived the floods that swept through several cities in northeastern Libya as a result of Storm Daniel, and claimed the lives of more than two thousand people in the city of Derna alone.

In their pajamas, a group of survivors stood early in the morning on Monday, September 13, 2023, searching for shelter after their homes were destroyed by Storm Daniel, which led to a rise in the river’s water levels and the collapse of two dams, causing floods to sweep through the city of Derna in eastern Libya. While survivors said that the water reached the upper floors of the buildings; They heard a sound similar to the sound of an explosion, the source of which was later revealed to be the collapse of a dam, as a result of which water flowed and flooded residential areas, and residents began fleeing across the roofs of buildings, or clinging to furniture for hours in rooms that were flooded with water.

These are some accounts from survivors of the Libyan floods

Citizen Ali Al-Azoumi: I buried my daughter and her grandmother, and I am still searching for my wife and the rest of her family.

He went to serve, and returned, but he did not find him at home. A technician from the electricity company in Derna receives the body of a child from under the rubble.

Shock for families in #Al-Bayda Hospital after some of those missing in the floods were found dead

One of the survivors says that the first wave of water after the dam collapse reached a height of 30 meters. Buildings 6 stories high were completely swept away.

The storm killed more than 2,300 people in the city of Derna alone, according to figures provided by emergency services affiliated with the recognized government in Tripoli, but authorities in eastern Libya fear that the death toll is much higher, and officials have indicated that it may be more than 10,000. Dead.