Rescuers in Libya ask for more assistance to recover bodies from the sea

The teams from different countries are asking for more assistance to recover the bodies of people who died in the powerful floods that happened in the city of Derna in Libya.

Over a week now, the teams said most of the victims’ bodies are in the sea, and some are in hard-to-reach places that require special tools to access.

The person from Tunisia said in a meeting with representatives from other countries that the bodies are decaying a lot and it may become impossible to get them back at some point. “We require help to make our intervention more effective,” he said.

Representatives from the UAE, Egypt, and Algeria said they found dead bodies in the Mediterranean Sea in places that can only be reached by special boats.

The person from Algeria said that his team saw about 50 dead bodies from a high cliff, about 7 miles away from the Derna port. However, only divers and boats can reach that area.

The person from Egypt said that if we have the correct boats, we can bring back 100 bodies each day.

A very bad flood happened last Sunday and it washed away whole neighborhoods into the Mediterranean Sea.

We don’t know how many people have been affected by the floods in Derna. A report from the UN, released on Saturday, says that the number of people who have died has gone up to at least 11,300. There are also 10,100 people who are still missing.

However, the officials in Libya disagreed with this number. The health ministry of Libya’s eastern government said they have recorded 3,252 deaths in Derna. They believe the United Nations’ count is not correct. The health ministry records information about the dead bodies that are found and put in graves.

Over 40,000 people in northeastern Libya were forced out of their homes due to heavy rain brought by Storm Daniel, according to the United Nations.

According to experts, the storm’s impact was made much worse by a deadly combination of factors including old and falling apart infrastructure, not enough warnings, and the effects of climate change getting worse.

Derna, the center of the disaster, was divided into two parts when flood waters came and destroyed whole neighborhoods, creating a path to the sea. It had about 100,000 people before the sad event.

The waterfront is now being used as the main place to deliver and transport dead bodies for burial. This is because it is not safe to have decomposing bodies in multiple locations due to the health risks.

On Saturday, a group of people from CNN saw at least four bodies being carried and placed into a truck.

Two people from Derna who were helping said that on Saturday, 22 dead bodies were brought for burial. They said that on Friday, up to 90 dead bodies were brought.

The bodies of the people who died are not easily recognizable after seven days of flooding as they all appear similar. This was explained by a volunteer to CNN.

Asma Awad, one more person who offered to help, told Jomana that she lost many family members, including her husband’s whole family. Derna was a very pretty city, Awad said, and she nicknamed it “the mermaid. ”

Awad asked if Derna will recover and start again, then started crying.