Benghazi, Sep 12 Over 9,000 people remain missing after devastating floods hit Libya’s eastern city Derna, a spokesperson of the Red Crescent movement in the North African country told Sputnik on Tuesday.
On Monday, the head of the government appointed by the eastern-based parliament, Osama Hammad, said that the death toll from flooding in Derna had exceeded 2,000 people.
“We are in need of any international cooperation. We have over 9,000 missing person reports. Larger search operations are required,” the spokesperson said, describing the situation in Derna and surrounding areas as “catastrophic.”