Libya floods: Derna dam collapses after deadly storm sounded like 'explosion after explosion'

The sheer numbers of people dead or unaccounted for in the Libyan city of Derna is overwhelming survivors.

A Sky News TV crew has reached the devastated the port city where people have been using their bare hands to dig for loved ones.

Untold numbers could be buried under drifts of mud and debris, including overturned cars and chunks of concrete, metres high. "The force of the water was so strong from the two dams which collapsed that the locals say it sounded like an explosion, after explosion, after explosion. Daniel, an unusually strong Mediterranean storm, caused deadly flooding in towns across eastern Libya, but the worst-hit was Derna.

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