Libya floods: The Wadi Derna ‘dam of death’ — where people will ‘never forget what happened’
Libya floods: The Wadi Derna ‘dam of death’ — where people will ‘never forget what happened’
“Our friends and families are all gone,” one man said, as he described the moment his community’s lives changed forever when floodwater swept away families.
Locals now call Wadi Derna “the dam of death.”
In a moment’s notice, the structure unleashed tens of millions of cubic meters of floodwater on Derna’s residents.
The torrents swept generational homes and entire families into the Mediterranean sea — leaving onlooking survivors in a state of shock and horror.
The scene at one of the dams that collapsed in heavy rains and sent a massive flood gushing into the eastern Libyan port city.
Tragic, probably would have been far far far fewer deaths if the dams weren't there. Wouldn't have been the sudden torrent out of nowhere.