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Around 10,000 people missing in Libya floods: IFRC

Members of Libya's Youth Hostels Association unload medical aid that arrived by plane at al Abraq airport, Libya Sept. 12, 2023. (Credit: Ayman Al-Sahili/Reuters)

Around 10,000 people are thought to be missing following major floods in Libya, an official from the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Tuesday.

"We can confirm from our independent sources of information that the number of missing people is hitting 10,000 so far," Tamer Ramadan, the head of the IFRC delegation in Libya, told reporters in Geneva via video link from Tunisia.

Around 10,000 people are thought to
be missing following major floods in Libya, an official from the
International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies (IFRC) said on Tuesday.
"We can confirm from our independent sources of information
that the number of missing people is hitting 10,000 so far,"
Tamer Ramadan, the head of the IFRC delegation in...