Death toll in Libya’s Derna flooding could reach 20,000: Mayor

Kanan Novruzov
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Libya's Derna Mayor Abdulmenam al-Ghaithi told Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television the estimated number of deaths in the city could reach between 18,000 to 20,000 based on the number of districts destroyed by the flood, Report informs.

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