Libya’s general prosecutor said authorities would probe the collapse of the dams, which were built in the 1970s, as well as the poor allocation of maintenance funds over the past few decades
Searchers are still digging through mud and rubble six days after the flood looking for bodies and possible survivors in the city of 90,000.
Rescuers carry body bags as they walk in front of buildings that collapsed during floods as hopes of finding more survivors fade days after the deadly flooding Dr Ahmed Zouiten, the World Health Organization’s representative in Libya, said on Saturday that the situation was quickly becoming “a disaster of epic proportions”.
The WHO said it has sent enough health supplies to reach 250,000 people in Libya. The aid package, which arrived in Benghazi on Saturday, includes 29 metric tonnes of equipment including essential medicines, trauma and emergency surgery supplies, medical equipment and body bags. The United Nations has launched an urgent appeal to raise $71.4m to deliver aid to people impacted by the floods in Libya over the next three months, saying that the death toll could rise without more help.
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