as the river derna swelled, then broke its banks, entire districts of the city were washed into the sean its path didn't stand a chance. translation: people were asleep and no-one was ready. _ my whole family live next door to each other. we were all neighbours. we lost 30 people so far, 30 members of the same family. we haven't found anyone. from above, you can see the devastation done to this city. more than 100,000 people lived here as the waters rushed through. as storm daniel swept across north africa, it dropped a huge amount of water onto the hills, swelling the river derna, and then causing two dams to burst. "there used to be a dam," this man says. "now it's just soil." it seems it was that failure that has caused such carnage. this is a disaster, both natural and manmade. libya has never really recovered from the civil war that overthrew colonel gaddafi. rival governments claim to rule this country — neither really does. translation: after this incident, we will look back at ourselves - and the reasons for the devastating flood in a calm and intelligent way. we have allocated

as the river derna swelled, then broke its banks, entire districts of the city were washed into the seae caught in its path didn't stand a chance. translation: people were asleep and no-one was ready. _ my whole family lived next door to each other. we were all neighbours. we lost 30 people so far, 30 members of the same family. we haven't found anyone. from above, you can see the devastation done to this city. more than 100,000 people used to live here. as storm daniel swept across north africa, it dropped a huge amount of water onto the hills, swelling the river derna, and causing two dams to burst. these images show the scale of the storm as it hit the coast of libya, but why was it so powerful? daniel is an example of a mediterranean cyclone, these are initiated by the jet stream which brings cold air high above the earth's surface, that starts off these thunderstorms. once that is formed an area of low pressure develops and that feeds off the warm waters of the mediterranean with a system taking on characteristics more like a tropical storm. this is a disaster both natural and manm

as the river derna swelled, then broke its banks, entire districts of the city were washed into the seaose caught in its path didn't stand a chance. translation: people were asleep and no-one was ready. _ my whole family lived next door to each other. we were all neighbours. we lost 30 people so far, 30 members of the same family. we haven't found anyone. from above, you can see the devastation done to this city. more than 100,000 people used to live here. as storm daniel swept across north africa, it dropped a huge amount of water onto the hills, swelling the river derna, and causing two dams to burst. these images show the scale of the storm as it hit the coast of libya, but why was it so powerful? daniel is an example of a mediterranean cyclone, these are initiated by the jet stream which brings cold air high above the earth's surface, that starts off these thunderstorms. once that is formed an area of low pressure develops and that feeds off the warm waters of the mediterranean with a system taking on characteristics more like a tropical storm. this is a disaster both natural and ma

river. wadi derna, a river that passes through the middle of the city, was the main cause of the destruction of the flood the levees were originally built to protect the city from floods, but objective studies and observations showed that they themselves are threats to the city that will remain in place because the cause of this disaster was a severe storm in the mediterranean region that was not related to global warming. it is not, but the disaster of breaking the dam was the result of long mismanagement in 3 months ago , when i visited 100, it was easy to see the cracks on sadruddin 's body. and the collapse of the gaddafi government , most of the contracts in this country are subject to corruption i hope this fabric will wake lee up and reunite him. many military leaders who fought together until three years ago are helping the city 13 shoulder to shoulder since the nato attack to topple muammar gaddafi in 2011, the rival government in libya . the rulers in the west of the government supported by the united nations and in a state company led by a jaz salar , as al jazeera 's reporter say

as the river derna swelled, then broke its banks, entire districts of the city were washed into the seapath didn't stand a chance. translation: people were asleep and no-one was ready. _ my whole family live next door to each other. we were all neighbours. we lost 30 people so far, 30 members of the same family. we haven't found anyone. from above, you can see the devastation done to this city. more than 100,000 people lived here as the waters rushed through. as storm daniel swept across north africa, it dropped a huge amount of water onto the hills, swelling the river derna, and then causing two dams to burst. "there used to be a dam," this man says. "now it's just soil." it seems it was that failure that has caused such carnage. this is a disaster, both natural and manmade. libya has never really recovered from the civil war that overthrew colonel gaddafi. rival governments claim to rule this country. neither really does. translation: after this| incident, we will look back at ourselves and the reasons for the devastating flood in a calm and intelligent way. we have allocated just ove

city of derna give a sense of the devastation, and the difficulties getting aid to where it's needed. the city of around 100—thousand, on the mediterranean coast, at the mouth of a season riverdamage after two dams and four bridges collapsed.

ago and it was a lively city where restaurants were open, where people would walk along this river bank. —— dernaoday was completely different. 6—story buildings dilapidated or disappeared. what was once a creek is now a 200 metre wide opening. buildings are no longer there and we are talking about hundreds of buildings that are completely flattened. it's a mud plane now. i sigh rescue teams, a lot of libyan rescue teams, the real heroes, the boy scouts who are huddled up in a small little room still digging in the mud looking for possibly five people that were in that room on that tragic night. i saw rescue teams as well. i saw a lot of patience amongst the libyans. many of whom had lost seven, eight relatives but to instill still there helping with the aid effort. i saw a city who are trying to overcome this tragedy, but the devastation it's beyond description, really. natural disasters are often unpredictable by nature — but the level of death and destruction in this case is utterly devestaring — how much did outdated infrastrcuture and rival governments compound what we're seeing here? well,

the wadi derna river had two dams — both failed. one, ten kilometres from the town, had a capacity of about 1.5 million cubic metres of water. when that burst, that water, with a weight of about 1.5 million tonnes, rushed to the sea, sweeping the second dam and about a quarter of the city with it. translation: we had warned the authorities since last - week — no, for years — that the dam had cracks and needs to be maintained. we said it and nobody listened to us. and now the whole of derna is flooded. the blame will inevitably fall on the politicians and warlords who have tried, and failed, to run this country since the fall of the dictator, muammar gaddafi. it is blame they will try and avoid. translation: there would have been losses, massive losses. while the overwhelming majority of victims will be libyans, others were caught up in the disaster. 7a egyptians, all from the same town, were swept out to sea. "i've lost four members of my family," hassan says. "my son called his brother last thursday for the last time, telling him t

the city of derna give a sense of the devastation, and the difficulties getting aid to where it's needed. the city of around 100,000, on the mediterranean coast, at the mouth of a season river called wadi derna — was particularly badly hit. these satellite images show the scale of the damage after two dams and four bridges collapsed. thousands of people are still missing — the mayor of says he fears as many as 20,000 people may have died. many people were asleep when their homes collapsed around them — and many people were washed out to sea in the torrent. earlier, i spoke to ciaran donnelly, senior vice president for crisis response, recovery and development at the international rescue committee. i understand that the international rescue committee has around a dozen teams on the ground there in libya. what are those teams seeing right now? what are they telling you? we have been _ what are they telling you? - have been operating in libya for quite a number of years working in a dozen locations of the different programmes covering health care and essential protection. 180 staff in total across the country. not operative there but we are to the west of the derna, which is a

the mayor of derna says the figure is based on the number of districts destroyed in sunday's disaster — when a tsunami—like riverdwater swept through the city. 5,300 people are known to have died, but thousands remain missing. joe inwood has this report. derna is a city overwhelmed. first by water, then by the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe the flooding has caused. and finally, overwhelmed by grief at the loss of life. "god give me patience. my heart is with you," this man cries as he sees the body of his young son. it's now becoming clearer that this was a natural disaster, but enabled by human actions. the wadi derna river had two dams — both failed. the upper one, ten kilometres from the town, had a capacity of about 1.5 million cubic metres of water. when that burst, that water, with a weight of about 1.5 million tonnes, rushed to the sea, sweeping the second dam and about a quarter of the city with it. translation: we had warned the authorities since _ last week — no, for years — that the dam had cracks and needs to be maintained. we said it and nobody listened to us. and now the whole of derna is fl

the wadi derna river had two dams, both failed. 0ne had two dams, both failed.h failed. one had a capacity of 1.5 million litres of water. when it burst, the water with a weight of about 1.5 million tons rushed to the sea, sweeping the second dam and a quarter of the city with it. translation: we want authority since _ with it. translation: we want authority since last _ with it. translation: we want authority since last week, - with it. translation: we want authority since last week, no, i authority since last week, no, for years, that the dam had cracked and needed to be maintained. we centred and listened and now the whole of derna is flooded. the listened and now the whole of derna is flooded.— listened and now the whole of derna is flooded. the plan will inevitably fall _ derna is flooded. the plan will inevitably fall on _ derna is flooded. the plan will inevitably fall on politicians . inevitably fall on politicians and warlords who have tried and failed to run the country since the fall of the dictator meyer gaddafi. it is plain they will try to avoid. —

the wadi derna river had two dams — both failed. one, ten kilometres from the town, had a capacity of about 1.5 million cubic metres of water. when that burst, that water, with a weight of about 1.5 million tonnes, rushed to the sea, sweeping the second dam and about a quarter of the city with it. translation: we had warned the authorities since last - week — no, for years — that the dam had cracks and needs to be maintained. we said it and nobody listened to us. and now the whole of derna is flooded. the blame will inevitably fall on the politicians and warlords who have tried, and failed, to run this country since the fall of the dictator, muammar gaddafi. it is blame they will try and avoid. translation: evenif even if all precautions had been taken there would have been losses. while the overwhelming majority of victims will be libyans, others were caught up in the disaster. 7a egyptians, all from the same town, were swept out to sea. "i've lost four members of my family," hassan says. "my son called his brother last thursday fo

city of derna give a sense of the devastation, and the difficulties getting aid to where it's needed. the city of around 100—thousand, on the mediterranean coast, at the mouth of a season riverled wadi derna — was particularly badly hit. these satellite images show the scale of the damage after two dams and four bridges collapsed. thousands of people are still missing — the mayor of says he fears as many as 20 thousand people may have died. many people were asleep when their homes collapsed around them — and many people were washed out to sea in the torrent. the bbc�*s quentin sommerville has been following the story from beirut — he sent this report, which contains distressing images. when the storm came, fractured libya was ill—prepared. half a year's rainfall fell in just 2a hours. in daylight, as much as a quarter of the port city of derna was revealed to be gone, engulfed by flood water after two mountain dams failed. families were washed out to sea as they slept. the grim work to retrieve the lost is under way. locals working alongside the army are helping to remove the dead, which now number in their thousands. bodies are being washed ashore by the dozens. with terrib

right through the city centre runs the wadi derna river flowing down from the jabal akhdar mountains.year and no one was prepared for this. there are two dams. the upper one is this one, the al—bilad, around eight miles south of the city. due to the sheer amount of rainfall and floodwater from the storm, it burst, as you can see in this video footage here. after that first damn collapsed, it sent water pouring down the valley before reaching a second dam, the abu mansour, which lay much closer to the city, less than a mile from it. the sheer force of the flooding meant that this second dam was also overcome. what more do we know about the dams themselves? we understand these two dams were constructed around 50 years ago, with cores of clay protected by what's called a stone "carapace" or shell. clearly, they were not strong enough to cope with a storm — and flooding — of this magnitude. and of course, all this was compounded by libya's dysfunctional politics. a country rich in natural resources, yet desperately lacking the secuirty and stability its people crave. frank, thank you. vla

the wadi derna river had two dams — both failed. kilometres from the town, had a capacity of about 1.5 million cubic metres of water. when that burst, that water, with a weight of about 1.5 million tonnes, rushed to the sea, sweeping the second dam and about a quarter of the city with it. translation: we had warned the authorities since last - week — no, for years — that the dam had cracks and needs to be maintained. we said it and nobody listened to us. and now the whole of derna is flooded. it is not just it is notjust for the maintenance of the dam that the authorities are being criticised. the head of the un meteorological organisation says most of the deaths could have been avoided if warnings had been given. but the politicians and warlords who have tried, and failed, to run this country since the fall of the dictator muammar gaddafi will want to avoid taking the blame. translation: it's to avoid taking the blame. translation:— to avoid taking the blame. translation: �*, , ., ., ., , translation: it's been an enormous shock an

right through the city centre runs the wadi derna river flowing down from the jabal akhdar mountains.for this. there are two dams. the upper one is this one, the al—bilad, around eight miles south of the city. due to the sheer amount of rainfall and floodwater from the storm, it burst, as you can see in this video footage here . after that first damn collapsed, it sent water pouring down the valley before reaching a second dam, the abu mansour, which lay much closer to the city, less than a mile from it. the sheer force of the flooding meant that this second dam was also overcome. what more do we know about the dams themselves? we understand these dams were constructed around 50 years ago by yugoslav engineers, with cores of clay protected by what's called a stone �*carapace' or shell. clearly, they were not strong enough to cope with a storm — and flooding — of this magnitude. and of course, all this was compounded by libya's dysfunctional politics. a country rich in natural resources, yet desperately lacking the secuirty and stability its people crave. let's go back to quentin somme

derna, a city of more than 90,000 people, is bisected by the wadi derna, a seasonal river that flowss to the south, and is normally protected from flooding by a series of dams. two dams collapsed on sunday night, unleashing raging waters that swept away residential neighbourhoods on both banks of the river. the second of those dams sits before the coastal roads and the mediterranean sea live now to ahmed bayram from the norwegian refugee committee. what are you hearing from the east of libya and what is needed most right now? it of libya and what is needed most riaht now? , ., , ., of libya and what is needed most riaht now? , . , ., ., right now? it is a state of confusion, _ right now? it is a state of confusion, devastation i right now? it is a state of. confusion, devastation and right now? it is a state of - confusion, devastation and shock. right now? it is a state of _ confusion, devastation and shock. 72 hours after this disaster, people are still stuck in derna. they are disconnected from the world. we are hearing about dead bodies lying around the streets, with not enough p

wadi derna, a river that passes through the middle of the city these sets were originally intended to protect the city from floods, but studies and objective observations showed that they themselves saw threats to the city that were still in place like last month in july, when i visited 100 , it was easy to leave on the body of sadr al-din, the authorities ignored this issue in 2010, the preparations for the construction of a new dam, but with all this and the collapse of the gaddafi government, most of the contracts in this country were subject to corruption and had no end since the nato attack on libya and the overthrow of muammar al-gaddafi in 2011, the rival government in libya, the rulers in the west, the government supported by the organization nations and in a government company led by a warlord who the al jazeera reporter says has strengthened empathy for the flood in war-torn libya and forced the rulers of the east and west of the country to talk to each other, what means will he use to make his friend suffer, but after more than 10 years from war with itself, mohammad kazemi

when the dams collapsed, a wall of water — weighing 1.5 million tonnes — crashed down the wadi derna riverg out huge parts of the city, before reaching the sea. to give you a sense of the power of that tsunami, 20 centimetres of fast—moving water, is enough to knock adults off their feet. here, there was three metres of water sweeping away everything in its path. the human cost is colossal — this man hasjust found his son — and begs rescue workers not to touch him. desperate scenes repeated again and again, some people have lost 30, 40, 50 members of their extended family. let's start by hearing from one survivor who describes what he went through. translation: we woke up at around three or 3.30 in the morning. - we heard a large bang. anyone who was awake in derna for sure must have heard it. the water was unbelievable. everyone could hear it coming. when we went outside, the city was gone. it had been raised to the ground. well, to begin with, there are about 14 or 15 families which were swept away by the sea. anyone who was in the valley was just swept away. nine other people who live d

the dams collapsed a wall of water weighing one and a half million tonnes crashed down the wadi derna riverging out huge parts of the city, before reaching the sea. to give you a sense of the power of that tsunnami 20 centremetres of fast moving water, is enough to knock an adult off their feet. here you had three metres of water sweeping away everything in its path. the human cost is collosal — this man has just found his son and begs rescue workers not to touch him. desperate scenes repeated again and again. some people have lost 30 a0 50 members of their extended family. let's start by hearing from one survivor who describes what he went through. translation: we woke up at around half ast translation: we woke up at around half past three _ translation: we woke up at around half past three in _ translation: we woke up at around half past three in the _ translation: we woke up at around half past three in the morning - half past three in the morning and we heard a large bank. anyone who was awake in derna must have heard it —— large bank. the water was unbelievable and everybody could hear

when the dams collapsed — a wall of water — weighing 1.5 million tonnes — crashed down the wadi derna riveruge parts of the city before reaching the sea. to give you a sense of the power of that tsunami — 20 centimetres of fast—moving water is enough to knock adults off theirfeet — here — there was three metres of water — sweeping away everything in its path. the human cost is colossal — this man hasjust found his son — and begs rescue workers not to touch him. desperate scenes repeated again and again — some people have lost 30, 40—50 members of their extended family. live now to tripoli. ahmed abar is a libyan activist. he's been helping the residents of derna. what are people in the city saying to you? what are people in the city saying to ou? ., ., , , ., ., to you? unfortunately the situation is very bad. — to you? unfortunately the situation is very bad. for— to you? unfortunately the situation is very bad, for the _ to you? unfortunately the situation is very bad, for the past _ to you? unfortunately the situation is very bad, for the past three - is very bad, for the past three nigh

to the north isjust draining down into the north isjust draining down into the one river, which then flows towards dernaastrophic destruction. as it arrived, this is how storm daniel looked. daniel is an example of what is known as a mediterranean cyclone. the5e is known as a mediterranean cyclone. these are hybrid weather systems that are somewhere between, on the one hand, a hurricane, and a normal mid—latitude area of low pressure driven by the jet stream. if we rollback about ten or 11 days ago, you can see this area of cloud syncing southwards into the mediterranean. thi5 syncing southwards into the mediterranean. this was driven by a trough in thejet mediterranean. this was driven by a trough in the jet stream, and mediterranean. this was driven by a trough in thejet stream, and it is this that brought cool air high above the earth's surface, over the warm waters in the mediterranean, an explosive combination that created massive thunderstorms. and once we start to get these to develop, then the sea temperatures take over, just like they do with hurricanes. the5e 5ea5 are like they do with hurrica

most of the city was built along the wadi derna, a river that is dry for much of the year. bilad and abu mansur dams, built by the former yugoslavia in the 70s, to protect the city from flooding. but on sunday night, over seven inches or 18 centimetres of rain was dumped by storm daniel in just a few hours. it started a cascading flood. first the upper dam burst, sending millions of cubic metres of water down the channel to the second, overwhelming the lower dam which sits barely a kilometre from the city. in short order, the entire contents of the two dams was crashing through the city centre. the before and after pictures are truly devestating. the red cross thinks at least 10,000 people are missing, may be 20,000 people are missing, many of them washed out to sea. peter millett served as the british ambassador to libya between 2015 and 2018. good of you to join us. what can you tell us about derna? were you able to visit? ., ., ., , to visit? no, unfortunately i never visited. i to visit? no, unfortunately i never visited- i was _ to visit? no, unfortunately i never visi

this is more thanjust rising river levels or flooded streets. in derna, two dams have been breached sending a powerful cascade of water right through the city. homes and cars were picked up and carried away by its force. at this early stage, we still don't know exactly how many people have been killed. the lack of internationally recognised government sources makes it difficult to know which details to trust. what's crucial is trying to work out exactly what has happened on the ground, and that is what bbc verify have been doing, particularly with landmark buildings like this mosque. some of the videos that have been posted on social media show the torrent of water. but we know where they are and we know they are real because of the mosque. again, in this picture, filmed from a slightly different angle, you can see the water and you can see that building right in the centre of the shot. when we look at videos like this one, that really show some of the destruction, the aftermath of the water that poured through, we can see the rubble in the streets, we c

the wadi derna river had two dams — both failed.s from the town, had a capacity of about 1.5 million cubic metres of water. when that burst, that water, with a weight of about 1.5 million tonnes, rushed to the sea, sweeping the second dam and about a quarter of the city with it. translation: we had warned the authorities since last - week — no, for years — that the dam had cracks and needs to be maintained. we said it and nobody listened to us. and now the whole of derna is flooded. the blame will inevitably fall on the politicians and warlords who have tried, and failed, to run this country since the fall of the dictator, muammar gaddafi. it is blame they will try and avoid. while the overwhelming majority of victims will be libyans, others were caught up in the disaster. 7a egyptians, all from the same town, were swept out to sea. "i've lost four members of my family," hassan says. "my son called his brother last thursday for the last time, telling him that he will get clothes for the children. "oh, my dear son," he finishes. inte

this is more thanjust a rising river levels or flooded streets. in dernagh the city. homes and cars were picked up and carried away by its force. many people spent hours trying to find out if their families were still alive. like noura. they are in a sheltered place, but there is a shortage of food, there is a shortage of medical aid, there is a shortage of clothes and the situation is not the best, but at least they are still alive. i have one aunt who is still missing with her son. we don't have any news about her, she lives in another different building, and we couldn't reach out to her or even get any news about her. at this early stage, we still don't know exactly how many people have been killed. the lack of internationally recognised government sources makes it difficult to know which details the trust. what is crucial now is trying to work out exactly what has happened on ground, and that is what bbc verify have been doing, particularly with landmark buildings like this mosque. some of the videos that have been posted on social media show that torr

this is more thanjust a rising river levels or flooded streets. in dernahave been breached, sending water through the city. homes and cars were picked up and carried away by its force. many people spent hours trying to find out if their families were still alive. like nura._ out if their families were still alive. like nura. they have in a sheltered _ alive. like nura. they have in a sheltered place, _ alive. like nura. they have in a sheltered place, there - alive. like nura. they have in a sheltered place, there is- alive. like nura. they have in a sheltered place, there is a - alive. like nura. they have in a - sheltered place, there is a shortage of food, medical aid, they are a shortage of clothes and the situation is not the best but at least they are still alive. i have one aunt who is still missing with her son, we don't have any news about her, she lives in another different building and we couldn't reach out to her or even get news about her. at this early stage, we still don't know exactly how many people have been killed. the lack of internatio

river. local authorities in derna told residents to evacuate if they could but by sunday night as they couldms before they were flooded and preached, they were filling up for days and in the final hours before that, there were people uploading those videos from derna itself before the grid went down around two a local time, but the local authority that failed to act responsibly. local authority that failed to act responsibly-— local authority that failed to act res-onsibl . ., , ., responsibly. one local resident from derna managed _ responsibly. one local resident from derna managed to _ responsibly. one local resident from derna managed to share _ responsibly. one local resident from derna managed to share these i derna managed to share these pictures of the aftermath on social media. storm daniel was seen coming but is local now attempt to give the bodies recovered so far a dignified burial at hogg graves, rescuers are overwhelmed with the scale of need in front of them and are calling out for support —— ad hoc graves. so much more about happening in libya on the bbc website. the head of

a tsunami—like river of floodwater swept through the port—city of derna on sunday after two dams burstthis report. derna is a city overwhelmed. first by water. then, by the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe the flooding has caused.

under gaddafi, it’s all being destroyed, as a result, there are rains, the rivers have burst, that’s it you have the tragedy of dernaime the west needs to think why it is destroying the statehood of this or that state, and there are more and more such states with a destroyed state, countries with a destroyed statehood on the globe... more, more, more, december 12-13 in egypt presidential elections will be held, why are they very important for us, this is a leading country in the arab world, we are connected with egypt by both the soviet union and russia, long-term friendly relations, at the moment there are more than 220 industrial enterprises in egypt that were built with the help of the soviet union, and egypt immediately stepped from such a peasant system into an industrial... developed country , according to all forecasts, the current president abdal fattah assissi will most likely be re-elected, a man known to us, predictable, and god forbid if he wins these elections, i think that the course towards deeper cooperation between russia and egypt will continue, now there is still one issue that is also connected w

if i start to turn around, this is what was the wadi, the river that ran through derna, and look, it'sd taken everything with it — buildings, cars, thousands and thousands of people. if i move a little bit further round, you can see this is the only way now to get across the river. there are people walking on foot, there are cars going across this bumpy and jagged road, because there's really nowhere near enough aid here either. you can see really at this stage you would expect there to be so many more trucks, so many more people. there are lots of local libyans doing what they can here. but when you look back upstream to where that dam burst and those thousands and thousands and thousands of litres of water just came pouring down this area, it really shows you how desperate the situation is for the survivors. theyjust don't have what they need. a terrible 360 degrees reality of what's happening on the ground in derna. welcome to you, foreign secretary. we heard from anna and our team on the ground and we've spoken to other sources who say there isn't enough expertise there yet, there

the mayor of derna says the figure is based on the number of districts destroyed in sunday's disaster — when a tsunami—like riververwhelmed. first by water, then by the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe

last year by an expert in hydraulics who pointed out repeated flooding of the seasonal river bed was a threat to derna the result will be catastrophic of the result will be catastrophic of the city and he cited five flats since 1942 and called for immediate and regular maintenance of the dam. —— five flats. ——floods. --floods. i don't think there is the attention or _ --floods. i don't think there is the attention or care _ --floods. i don't think there is the attention or care from _ --floods. i don't think there is the attention or care from the - attention or care from the authorities there to do anything about it and probably he thought somebody would listen but this is the story of libya and the instability it is then there is a lot of fighting in terms of who holds power and very little in terms of accountability for how those cities and towns across libya and managed and supported and taken cared of and you can see that in the responses from people in terms of what they have seen before what happened but also after and it saddens me. we have some brilliant people in libya, it isjust unfortunate

in the city of derna, the city most affected by flooding, on september 10, after abnormal rainfall, the rivershed it into the sea, and inside us. at the point the water reached the third floor of houses, the number of dead and injured from the disaster in libya was more than 11,000 people. now the cities are gradually coming to their senses, the authorities are restoring roads food supply is in progress. igor pikhanov together with turf lily. there were a lot of drug addicts in my unit. we said that the fighters who were running near me appeared in their actions in the same chaotic way, shooting at the houses and shooting at the window. those pills that we saw are a serious tranquilizer, a person forgets what pain, fatigue is, everything that is used in ukraine is made in a factory manner, by a research institute and nato based on alphavin. and it leads further similar activities around the world , dozens of those same biological laboratories in ukraine immediately come to mind . we will take on this matter. it will be an honest detective. we watch educational programs and documentaries to ex

have been suffering from flooding, and in particular, this one, derna, is one that has been very badly affected. now, you can see here the riverruns all the way down to the sea and these two red blocks, mark dams. now, this was holding a huge volume of water back from the population that live here. and if you look at this video, first of all, now, this is one of the videos that we've been able to verify on social media. and the reason we know this is genuine is because it was posted on snap maps. you can see the water running through the streets and snap is one of the apps that we can really use to work out where a video is filmed because the location data is automatically uploaded along with the video. similarly, here is another one and in this one you can see some of the water, but also the aftermath, the devastation, the buildings that have been damaged, some of the water that's been left behind and the vehicles that have been picked up and really thrown around by the flooding that has moved through this city. now, another really key part of what we're doing at bbc verify is using locations to prove what has been happening

have been suffering from flooding, and in particular, this one, derna, is one that has been very badly affected. now, you can see here the rivert runs all the way down to the sea and these two red blocks, mark dams. now, this was holding a huge volume of water back from the population that live here. and if you look at this video, first of all, now, this is one of the videos that we've been able to verify on social media. and the reason we know this is genuine is because it was posted on snap maps. you can see the water running through the streets and snap is one of the apps that we can really use to work out where a video is filmed because the location data is automatically uploaded along with the video. similarly, here is another one and in this one you can see some of the water, but also the aftermath, the devastation, the buildings that have been damaged, some of the water that's been left behind and the vehicles that have been picked up and really thrown around by the flooding that has moved through this city. now, another really key part of what we're doing at bbc verify is using locations to prove what has been happenin

rivers in the world. we will talk to a libyan who is working on the ground in derna, we will hearfrom working on the grounde weather. hello. we've got quite a mixture of weather to take you through the rest of this afternoon, and for scotland and northern ireland it stays quite windy, sunny spells and a few passing showers. we and a few passing showers. had a weather front bri fairly we had a weather front bringing fairly persistent outbreaks of rain. this front is panic to another area of low pressure in the atlantic, et to deepen and swing towards iberia. likely to lead to severe thunderstorms over the next you days. friday, also clicking warm air across england and wales, bringing heavy rainfall psalm into the weekend. low to the south important. every night tonight, outbreaks of rain turning heavy across wales, midlands, northern england, pushing north was to be southern scotland and parts of northern ireland. foremost a milder night, cool air across the far north of the country. this on friday, whetherfront across the far north of the country. this on friday, whether front across northern england, thr

have been suffering from flooding, and in particular, this one, derna, is one that has been very badly affected. now, you can see here the river down to the sea and these two red blocks, mark dams. now, this was holding a huge volume of water back from the population that live here. and if you look at this video, first of all, now, this is one of the videos that we've been able to verify on social media. and the reason we know this is genuine is because it was posted on snap maps. you can see the water running through the streets and snap is one of the apps that we can really use to work out where a video is filmed because the location data is automatically uploaded along with the video. similarly, here is another one and in this one you can see some of the water, but also the aftermath, the devastation, the buildings that have been damaged, some of the water that's been left behind and the vehicles that have been picked up and really thrown around by the flooding that has moved through this city. now, another really key part of what we're doing at bbc verify is using locations to prove what has been happening and to really au

i was in derna two months ago, and it was a lively city where restaurants were open, where people would walk along this rivert i saw today was completely different. 6—storey buildings, delap —— dilapidated. what was once a creek, now a 200 metre wide opening. buildings are no longer there. and we're talking about hundreds of buildings that are completely flattened. it's a mud plain now. i saw rescue teams, a lot of libyan rescue teams, a lot of libyan rescue teams, a lot of libyan rescue teams, the real heroes and even the boy scouts who were huddled up in a small little for someone who was possibly in that ruin or that tragic night. i saw rescue teams. i saw a lot of patience, many of whom had lost seven or eight relatives. i saw a city and a country come together and maybe overcome this tragedy. but the immensity of the devastation is beyond description really. devastation is beyond descrition reall . �* ., , description really. and it does 'ust description really. and it does just appear — description really. and it does just appear to _ description really. and it does just appear to be _ description real

i was in derna two months ago and it was a lively city where restaurants were open, where people would walk along the rivert i saw today was completely different. 6—story buildings, dilapidated or disappeared, what was once a creek is now a 200 metre wide opening. buildings are no longer there and we are talking about hundreds of buildings that are completely flattened. it is a mud plane now. i sigh rescue teams, a lot of libyan rescue teams, a lot of libyan rescue teams, the real heroes who are huddled up in that small little rooms still digging in the mud looking for possibly five people that were in that room that tragic knight. i sigh rescue teams as well. i saw a lot of patience amongst the libyans, many of whom had lost seven or eight relatives but were still there helping with the aid effort. so i sigh a city and a country trying to come together to overcome this tragedy, but the immensity of the devastation is beyond description, really. it does 'ust description, really. it does just appeared _ description, really. it does just appeared to _ description, really. it does just appeared to be - descri

rivers and the rivers became a deluge, carrying everything with it and bringing a wave of death and destruction. this grainy security camera footage is from the moment when the floods hit and dernahanged forever. dams upstream meant to protect the city failed, sealing the fate of thousands. in derna, people began to pray for god's mercy. when the torrent past, some were able to escape. as the rain continued to fall, they sought the safety of rooftops. few could imagine the scale of the catastrophe. down below, the force of the torrent swept much in its wake. those who could made their escape to higher ground. and now the aftermath. a turkish rescue team wades through pools of destruction in search of what remains. the mud and filth makes the work slow and dangerous and the risk of disease is growing. >> our feelings toward the city is difficult to describe, to be honest with you. we lost friends, ella tibbs and a big portion of derna -- friends, relatives and a big portion of derna society. but people stood with us and hopefully will have a better future. reporter: they are working around the clock, and perhaps improbably, survival are being found. "speak to us we can find where

is just been ripped away and anyone who came into derna the days afterwards and saw physically what that addendum to the city, way it had taken this rivertating channel out and 100 metres or more from side to side and to look at the size of that in the scale of that to know that it been building in families lives, communities and all the things that have been washed away, i think for anybody who has been in derna of the last week or so, rescue teams and it has been an enormously difficult seeing for people to witness. thank ou for seeing for people to witness. thank you for your — seeing for people to witness. thank you for your reporting _ seeing for people to witness. thank you for your reporting on _ seeing for people to witness. thank you for your reporting on this - you for your reporting on this important story. the home office is disbanding its windrush team. it was announced in its annual report, released today. in its annual report released today, the home office said because of what it described as "significant progress", the windrush response and department's transformation programme would now be embedded into everyday operat

derna during the war in libya. it's a peculiar place, it sits in this mountain valley and the river flows down to the sea.magine how this wall of water was channelled through the city centre. it's an extraordinary thing that has happened. the trouble is the international aid efforts need to governments talking to each other and at the moment that doesn't seem to be happening. and at the moment that doesn't seem to be happening-— to be happening. these are extraordinary _ to be happening. these are extraordinary numbers - to be happening. these are extraordinary numbers of. to be happening. these are - extraordinary numbers of people to be happening. these are _ extraordinary numbers of people dead so quickly. just as you are describing it, as the pictures show, this is an extraordinary phenomenon of the failure of two dams upstream which let this huge volume of water crashed down on this town which is right in a cleft between these dams with the water behind them and the sea. these are horrendous pictures. this happened in minutes. what sea. these are horrendous pictures. this happened in minutes.— this h

rivers and the rivers become a deluge, carrying everything with it bringing wave of death and destruction. this grainy security camera footage is from the moment when the floods hit and dernahanged forever. dams upstream meant to protect the city failed, sealing the fate of thousands. in derna, people began to pray for god's mercy. whe the torrentn past, some were able to escape. as rains continue to fall, they sought the safety of her pups. if you could imagine the skill the catastrophe. the force of the torrent swept much in its wake. those who could make their escape to higher ground. and now the aftermath. a turkish rescue team wades through pools of destruction in search of what remains. the mud and filth makes the work slow and dangerous, and the risk of disease is growing. >> our feelings towards the city is very difficult to describe, to be honest with you. we've lost friends, relatives, and a big portion of derna's society. for the time being we appreciate how people stood with us. hopefully we will have a better future. quentin: they are working round-the-clock, and perhaps improbably, days into this disaster, survivors are being found. "speak to us so we can fin

rivers became a delusion. carrying everything with it and bringing with it a wave of death and destruction. this security footage is from the moment the floods hit and dernaas changed forever. dams upstream meant to protect the city failed, sealing the fate of thousands. in derna, people began to pray for god's mercy. when the torrent passed, some were able to escape. as the rains continued to fall, they sought the safety of rooftops. few could imagine the scale of the catastrophe. down below, the force of the torrent swept much in its wake. those who could make their escape to higher ground. and now the aftermath. a turkish rescue team wades through pools of destruction in search of what remains. the mud and filth makes the work slow and dangerous, and the risk of disease is growing. translation: our feelings toward the city is very - difficult to describe, to be honest with you. we lost friends, relatives and a big portion of derna society. but for the time being, we appreciate how people stood with us. hopefully we will have a better future. they're working round the clock and perhaps improbably, days into this disaster, survivors are being found. "spe