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Thousands of people are feared dead after a powerful storm triggered devastating flooding in Libya.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The leader of the east Libyan government, which is not recognised internationally, said deaths exceeded 2,000 and thousands were missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jalel Harchaoui, a Libya specialist, told the BBC the death toll could reach as many as “several thousand” people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Storm Daniel made landfall on Sunday, prompting authorities to declare a state of extreme emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seven Libyan army personnel went missing during ongoing rescue efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Officials in the east imposed a curfew, while schools and shops were ordered to close<\/p>\n\n\n\n The eastern cities of Benghazi, Sousse, Derna and Al-Marj were all affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As well as the rising death toll, the Libyan Red Cross said that at least 150 homes had been destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The head of the Red Crescent humanitarian network said at least 150 deaths had occurred in Derna alone, according to news agency Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two dams in Derna – home to approximately 100,000 people – reportedly collapsed, submerging much of the area and drowning some residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Authorities consequently declared the port a “disaster city”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eastern Prime Minister Osama Hamad told a Libyan television channel: “The missing are in the thousands, and the dead exceed 2,000… entire neighbourhoods in Derna have disappeared, along with their residents … swept away by water.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BBC News: Thousands of people are feared dead after a powerful storm triggered devastating flooding in Libya. The leader of the east Libyan government, which is not recognised internationally, said deaths exceeded 2,000 and thousands were missing. Jalel Harchaoui, a Libya specialist, told the BBC the death toll could reach as many as “several thousand” people. Storm Daniel made landfall on Sunday, prompting authorities to declare a state of extreme emergency. Seven Libyan army personnel went missing during ongoing rescue efforts. Officials in the east imposed a curfew, while schools and shops were ordered to close The eastern cities of… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34775,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34773\/revisions\/34775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}