'The water was up to my neck' - Derna flood survivor

The Star 2023-09-18

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57-year-old Ayyad Salem described his family’s ordeal during a flood that devastated swathes of Derna, Libya, recalling the moment he was trapped in a water-filled room.

Entire districts of Derna, with an estimated population of at least 120,000, were swept away or buried in brown mud after two dams south of the city broke, unleashing torrents of floodwater down a usually dry riverbed.

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