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Satellite images of Derna after the flash flood show coastal neighbourhoods almost entirely submerged

The wall of water several stories high smashed into apartment buildings, drowning entire families in minutes

Mayor of Derna estimated between 18,000 and 20,000 people could have died based on the number of wiped-out districts in the city

A global effort to assist stricken Libya gathered pace Thursday after a tsunami-like flood killed nearly 4,000 people and left thousands missing. The mobilisation comes after the mayor of the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna said the death toll in the stricken city could reach 20,000.

Mayor of flood-hit city of Derna calls for body-recovery teams as international aid starts to arrive

Huda Akram is a doctor based in Benghazi, Libya, whose family hails from Derna. She spoke to NPR on Wednesday, describing the harrowing scenes and what is happening now.

Storm Daniel hit the coastal city of Derna and other eastern parts of the North African country on Sunday.

Thousands remain missing after flooding from Storm Daniel wreaks havoc in the eastern city of Derna.

Climate change makes deadly floods, like what happened in Libya, more likely. Floods in China, Greece and Brazil in recent weeks underscore the growing danger.

With thousands of people dead and tens of thousands more left homeless by floods as a storm burst through the dams next to the east Libyan city of Derna, FRANCE 24 looks back at the years of violence and neglect that left the city ill-prepared for the unprecedented natural disasters…

Editorial: Much of the eastern city of Derna has disappeared. The lethal failures of the country’s authorities must bear much of the blame