Rival governments cooperate to aid Libya’s flood victims as misery piles on

Egyptian army rescue workers carry a dead body as they walk between destroyed buildings after a powerful storm hit Libya, in Derna, September 13, 2023 [Ahmed Elumami/Reuters]

It has now been more than three days since Libya’s eastern port city of Derna was practically flattened as Storm Daniel unleashed its wrath on a city that was mostly fast asleep.

Usama al-Husadi, a 52-year-old driver, has been searching for his wife and five children since the storm struck on Sunday night, bursting dams above the city, the resulting floods engulfing everything in their path.