Over 2000 dead, several missing after cyclone hits Libya

NH Bureau Tuesday, 12 September 2023 08:28:09 AM

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New Delhi : More than 2000 people have been feared dead and several people went missing after a cyclonic storm Daniel struck Libya, causing huge floods across eastern part of the nation. According to Libyan News Agency, Osama Hamad, the president of Libya’s eastern parliament-backed administration, verified the death toll on Monday.

"Osama Hamad said that residential neighborhoods disappeared after the torrents swept them into the sea along with thousands of their residents, and the situation is catastrophic and unprecedented in Libya," CNN reported citing the Libyan News Agency LANA.

Meanwhile, social media is also flooded with pictures and videos of the devastation. Following are some of the glimpse from Libya:

🚨| BREAKING! Libya 🇱🇾 is going through severe flooding may Allah ease their affairs. the number of deaths from the flood exceeded 2000 people. May Allah protect whole ummah. pic.twitter.com/ZSYd4y3usX
— Allah Islam Quran (@AllahGreatQuran) September 11, 2023

More than 2 thousand people died as a result of floods in Libya. pic.twitter.com/8bpA3WzT0z
— MARIA (@its_maria012) September 11, 2023

After devastating Greece in the country’s worst ever flood disaster, #medicane Daniel submerges East Libya under water. First estimate of 2,000 dead, many missing thought to have been washed out to sea. Apocalyptic. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateActionNow pic.twitter.com/HTxgiTQbaz
— George Tsakraklides (@99blackbaloons) September 11, 2023

Tornado Daniel, responsible for floods in Greece and Bulgaria, reached Libya

The video shows the epicenter of the tornado in the city of Benghazi pic.twitter.com/aggwzgLLUA
— Sprinter (@Sprinter99800) September 10, 2023

Thread of videos of the torrents and floods that occurred and are still occurring today in the eastern region of #Libya

The situation is catastrophic in the city of Al-Bayda in eastern Libya pic.twitter.com/ieLO3Idx7h
— Mahmud Mohammed (@MahmudM27830556) September 10, 2023

In the videos, drowned cars, collapsed buildings and tornado Daniel can be seen swiping Libya.

In the meantime, UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has extended his condolences – over two phone calls – to Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of Libya’s Government of National Unity, and Field Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar, Commander of the Libyan Armed Forces, over the victims of the floods witness by the State of Libya.