Areas as far west as Misrata (pictured) were hit by flooding after Storm Daniel hit Libya, but most of the destruction has centred on the east of the country [Emhmmed Mohamed Kshiem/Anadolu Agency]
Another seven people were reported dead in the coastal town of Susa in northeastern Libya, according to the Ambulance and Emergency Authority.
Seven others were reported dead in the towns of Shahatt and Omar al-Mokhtar.
One other person was confirmed dead on Sunday. The man was stuck in his car and surrounded by flooding in the eastern town of al-Marj, according to Walid al-Arfi, spokesperson for the emergency response agency in eastern Libya.
“Some experts are saying more than 30 million cubic square metres of water was dumped into the city, and we’re starting to see pictures of entire neighbourhoods destroyed,” he added.
The Red Crescent in Benghazi said that Storm Daniel has killed at least 150 people dead in Libya’s Derna city, the head of the organisation in Benghazi, Kais Fhakeri, told Al Jazeera.
But the death toll could rise much higher. The prime minister of one of a self-proclaimed government in eastern Libya, Osama Hamad, said that more than 2,000 people have been killed in Derna, although he did not cite any sources.
Water levels in the city rose as high as three metres (10 feet), after two dams collapsed, the Derna municipal council has said.
