Libya continue with the rescue and search work after the floods caused by the Cyclone Daniel that has left cities and towns devastated. As is the case of Dernaa city where there have already been recovered more than 1,000 bodies. In addition to the entry of the storm, this city suffered the burst of two important dams. There are more than 2,000 dead and more than 7,000 missing, but authorities warn that the numbers could increase significantly.

The town of 180,000 inhabitants It is completely isolated. It is not possible to communicate with her and rescue operations have not reached there. “I’m back from Derna. It’s very disastrous. There are bodies everywhere: in the sea, in the valleys, under buildings,” she told Reuters by phone. Hichem ChkiouatMinister of Civil Aviation and member of the Emergency Committee.

“The number of bodies recovered in Derna exceeds 1,000,” he declared. I am not exaggerating if I say that 25% of the city has disappeared. Many buildings have collapsed.” Officials with the administration that runs the eastern part of the divided country said Monday that at least 2,000 people had died due to flooding, although it was not immediately clear what that estimate was based on.

According to authorities, there are thousands of people missing due to the floods, which have devastated entire neighborhoods after dams over the city broke. After hitting Greece last week, Storm Daniel swept across the Mediterranean on Sunday, flooding roads and destroying buildings in Derna, and hitting other settlements along the coast, including Libya’s second-largest city, Benghazi.

Associations such as the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) speak of about 10,000 people missing after the serious floods in Libya.