Libya floods: Families’ heartbreak as rescuers search for survivors


More than 5,300 people are feared dead and thousands more are missing after ferocious flooding was unleashed on Libya.

Entire neighbourhoods were dragged into the sea as tsunami-like floodwater swept through the eastern city of Derna on Sunday after a dam burst.

Rescue workers have been digging through the ruins of collapsed buildings in a desperate search to find survivors, but hope is beginning to wane.

Mohamed Atef's mother, cries as her son is missing in Libya after Storm Daniel hit the country, at Al Sharief village in Bani Swief province, Egypt

Members of the rescue team from the Egyptian army inspect the damaged areas

People gather as their relatives are missing in Libya after Storm Daniel hit the country, at Al Sharief village in Bani Swief province, Egypt

A man shows a photo of his brother Aly, who died along with his three cousins in Libya after Storm Daniel hit the country

People walk next to damaged houses, following a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hitting the country, in Derna, Libya

Rescue workers look through rubble

Turkey's rescue team joins search and rescue operations

Rescue teams and the Libyan Red Crescent search for victims in the sea

Turkey's rescue team joins search and rescue operations

Members of the Egyptian army inspect the damage

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