2,000 Killed In Massive Flood In East Libya, Thousands Missing: Officials

Storm Daniel swept in over the Mediterranean on Sunday, swamping roads and destroying buildings in Libya's Derna, and hitting other settlements along the coast.

Authorities in eastern Libya said at least 2,000 people were killed and thousands more were missing after a massive flood ripped through the city of Derna following a heavy storm and rain.

Ahmed Mismari, the spokesperson for the Libyan National Army (LNA) that controls eastern Libya, said in a televised news conference that the disaster came after dams above Derna had collapsed, "sweeping whole neighbourhoods with their residents into the sea".

Mismari put the number of missing at 5,000-6,000.