Thursday 26 / December / 2024
Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman has offered its condolences to Libya over victims of Storm Daniel.
"The Sultanate of Oman expresses its sincere condolences and sincere sympathy to the government and people of the country of Libya and to the families of the victims in the floods resulting from Storm Daniel and its wishes for a speedy recovery for those injured, " Oman News Agency (ONA), said in a statement.
Hundreds of people are feared dead in eastern Libya after heavy flooding caused by Storm Daniel swept away entire neighbourhoods and wrecked homes in multiple coastal towns with the city of Derna " cut off completely " following the bursting of two ageing dams.
As many as 2,000 people were feared dead, according to the prime minister of a self-proclaimed government based in eastern Libya, Osama Hamad. He added on Monday that thousands were missing, but did not cite where his figures had come from.
Ahmed al - Mosmari , a spokesman for the country's armed forces based in the east, told a news conference that the death toll in Derna had surpassed 2,000. He said there were between 5,000 and 6,000 reported missing. Al Mosmari attributed the catastrophe to the collapse of two nearby dams that caused a lethal flash flood.
