A statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Wednesday that it was following up on rescue efforts for hurricane victims in Libya and that 84 of the Egyptian victims had been identified.
The Foreign Ministry statement stated that the Egyptian Consulate in Benghazi is coordinating with the health and security authorities in the city of Derna and the Libyan Red Crescent, with the aim of determining the exact numbers of Egyptian victims and injured, and working to rescue survivors and shelter them despite the difficult circumstances surrounding rescue operations due to the collapse of the infrastructure.
According to the statement, communications resulted in identifying 84 Egyptian victims and transporting them by air to the homeland. The Egyptian Consulate in Benghazi also formed a crisis cell immediately after the disaster occurred to follow up on the repercussions with the aim of providing urgent relief to the victims and their families and logistical support.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed great sadness and sorrow for the people of the country, and offered its sincere condolences to the families of the victims.
More than 3,800 people died in the floods that struck the Libyan city of Derna, according to a spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior in the government affiliated with the authorities in the east of the country, on Wednesday.
Lieutenant Tariq Al-Kharraz told Agence France-Presse that the eastern Libyan authorities have so far counted the deaths of 3,840 people, 3,190 of whom were buried, noting that among the victims were at least 400 foreigners, the majority of whom were Sudanese and Egyptians.
2023-09-13 19:35:34
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