| After days of searching his ruined city, Usama Al Husadi called his wife’s phone one more time with little hope. Once again he found it was switched off.
The water roared into the city centre, knocking down blocks of flats and erasing entire neighbourhoods. Witnesses have said the tsunami-like flash flood hit with little warning and residents were only alerted by the explosive sound of the dams rupturing.Phone lines were immediately cut and the city had no evacuation plans. Whole families drowned together. When the waters receded the city’s streets were filled with bodies.
Any country would be challenged by the scale of the devastation, but this catastrophe has hit a failed state fractured by war and divided by two feuding governments.AP As the rivals have squabbled and fought for legitimacy, much of the remnants of the Libyan state have crumbled and infrastructure, such as Derna’s dams, has been neglected.
“The conflict in Libya is characterised by large-scale corruption of political elites and the hollowing out of public finances.
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