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Just In: More than 5,000 dead after Libyan floods
- More than 5,300 people have died after floods in the Libyan city of Derna, a local minister says
- The number could double, the minister for the eastern administration adds
- The floods burst two dams in the eastern coastal city and swept away homes
- Streets are covered in mud and rubble and are littered with upturned vehicles
- “They say it’s like doomsday,” says one Libyan journalist. “The water took the ground beneath them”
- Libya is divided between two rival governments, with one operating from Tripoli and another one in the east
Source: BBC