Rescuers have found more than 2,000 bodies as of Wednesday in the wreckage of a Libyan city where floodwaters broke dams and washed away neighborhoods. Officials fear the death toll could exceed 5,000 in the nation made vulnerable by years of turmoil and neglect. The flooding caused significant infrastructure damage in the coastal city of Derna and displaced at least 30,000 people, the U.N. migration agency said. The damage is so extensive the city is almost inaccessible for humanitarian aid workers, the International Organization for Migration said. Mediterranean storm Daniel caused deadly flooding in many eastern towns, but the worst-hit was Derna. In the Special Report on the catastrophic flooding that has completely devastated the eastern part of the country already wracked by a decade-old conflict, FRANCE 24's Mark Owen and Valérie Dekimpe are joined by Frederic Wehrey: Senior Fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Dax Bennet Roque: Libya Country Director at the Norwegian Refugee Council, and Guma El-Gamaty: Libyan academic and politician who heads the Taghyeer Party and is a member of the UN-backed Libyan political dialogue process.
