Malik Mersit, Spokesperson of the Emergency Medicine and Support Center affiliated with the Libyan National Unity Government, said in a statement to AA correspondent that they receive many missing reports every day.
Mersit stated that the teams affiliated with the Center reached 245 bodies at many points in Derne yesterday.
The Libyan official noted that they acted in cooperation with many local and international teams and that search efforts were continuing at many coastal points.
FLOOD DISASTER IN LIBYA
Storm “Daniel”, which was effective in the Central Mediterranean and hit the east of Libya on September 10, caused floods in the cities of Benghazi, Beyda, Marj, Suse and Derna.
Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdulhamid Dibeybe, declared a 3-day mourning throughout the country on September 11 due to the flood, and the Libyan Presidential Council called for assistance to brother countries and international institutions for the regions damaged by the flood.
World Health Organization (WHO) Spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic said that 3 thousand 998 people lost their lives in the flood in Libya on September 19 and 8 to 9 thousand people were still missing. (AA)