Libya Flood: Thousands Still Missing Amid Mental Health Crisis

More than 8,000 people are still missing more than two months after the flood, and bodies are now being found as far as 80 kilometers offshore, in Derna, Libya, Sept. 24, 2023. (Atiyah Alhasadi/VOA) The home of Hani Elbah, pictured here on Sept. 24, 2023, like so many others, was washed away by the Sept. 11 floods in Derna, Libya, that killed thousands. (Atiyah Alhasadi/VOA)

In some places the water came on like a pack of cars, speeding more than 120 kilometers an hour over the tops of 30-meter-high palm trees.