MORE THAN 10,000 MISSING IN LIBYAN FLOODS
By Paul Ndiho
Thousands are feared dead or missing in Libya after massive flash floods devastated eastern regions, with a surge of muddy river water ripping away entire neighborhoods in one coastal city, local authorities and international aid groups said Tuesday. Massive destruction can be seen in images published online from the port city of Derna, home to 100,000 people, where multi-story buildings on the river banks collapsed, and houses vanished in the raging waters after two upstream dams broke. For more insight, VOA’s Paul Ndiho via Skype spoke to Mongi Dhaouadi, Executive Director of the Libyan American Alliance, based in Washington, DC.