Libya floods: Families' heartbreak as rescuers search for survivors
Hassan El Salheen, in Egypt, cries after burying the repatriated body of his son, AlyMore than 5,300 people are dead and thousands more are missing after ferocious flooding was unleashed on the Libyan city of Derna. Entire neighbourhoods were dragged into the sea as tsunami-like floodwater swept through the eastern city after two dams burst.Rescue workers have been digging through the ruins of collapsed buildings in a desperate search to find survivors, but hope is beginning to wane.Mohamed Atef's mother, in Bani Swief province, Egypt, weeps as she tells of how son is still missing in LibyaEgypt recovered more than 80 bodies of Egyptians who died in Libya's floods, the emigration ministry saidThe bodies were buried in their respective towns in Egypt, the ministry addedAt Al Sharief village in Egypt, a man shows a photo of his brother Aly, who died along with his three cousins in LibyaIn Derna, the muddy streets were lined with the ruins of wrecked cars and rubble from collapsed buildin
More than 5,300 people are dead and thousands more are missing after ferocious flooding was unleashed on the Libyan city of Derna.
Entire neighbourhoods were dragged into the sea as tsunami-like floodwater swept through the eastern city after two dams burst.
Rescue workers have been digging through the ruins of collapsed buildings in a desperate search to find survivors, but hope is beginning to wane.
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