After years of strife, weak and corrupt governance, corruption and negligence, the Libyan authorities were simply not up to preparing for or coping with a disaster of this magnitude - and it is the Libyan people who've been killed, or left displaced in their thousands.
It's hard to know exact figures but the civilians on the ground are stunned and terrified at the scale of the devastation this torrent of water caused.
They expect the death toll to rise substantially but with little co-ordination on the ground, accurate figures are tough to come by.The collapse of not one but two dams in Derna unleashed a terrible violent water force which upended vehicles, tore down houses, apartment blocks and schools.Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerOne shocked survivor showed us pictures of the utterly flattened muddy landscape in front of him where dozens of buildings once stood.
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