For the fifth day in a row, the UAE continued to send humanitarian and relief aid and search and rescue teams to Libya, to mitigate the effects and repercussions of Hurricane Daniel via a continuous air bridge, in implementation of the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State.
Since the inauguration of the air bridge on September 12, the UAE has sent 17 planes carrying 450 tons of food, shelter materials, and health packages, in addition to first aid supplies, distributing them in the areas most affected by the repercussions of the disaster, especially in eastern Libya.
Emirati efforts also included sending search and rescue teams equipped with modern mechanisms and equipment that support carrying out difficult tasks, as the total number of search and rescue team personnel who began their missions in the stricken areas reached 96 individuals, equipped with four search and rescue helicopters, vehicles equipped for rescue team tasks, and cruisers to retrieve bodies. Searching for survivors, sonar devices for underwater and thermal search, a mobile power station, and generators shipped from the UAE via air bridge planes.
In addition, the air bridge included sending a medical team equipped with equipment and ambulances, and the Emirates Red Crescent team, currently present in the affected areas in eastern Libya, is delivering aid to those affected, in addition to assessing the field conditions and studying the current actual needs to provide more of it through the air bridge flights. Continuous.
The UAE air bridge comes within the framework of the UAE’s ongoing relief efforts to support the State of Libya, and to embody its humanitarian vision, and to alleviate the difficult humanitarian situation that the Libyan people are experiencing as a result of Hurricane Daniel.
International aid has begun to arrive in Libya to support flood survivors in the city of Derna, with hopes of finding thousands of missing people alive six days after the flood disaster.
At Benina Airport in Benghazi, the largest city in eastern Libya, an Emirati plane yesterday unloaded tons of aid that were loaded into trucks to be transported to the stricken area located 300 kilometers to the east, according to what an Agence France-Presse journalist reported.
Near the runway, trucks carrying electricity generators that had arrived from the Emirates earlier set off towards Derna, which is about 300 kilometers away and whose nights are completely dark.
The World Health Organization also announced the arrival of a plane to Benghazi carrying “29 tons of medical supplies” from its global logistics center in Dubai, “enough to help about 250,000 people,” explaining that the aid includes basic medicines, medical supplies for emergency surgery, and bags to transport bodies and provide “burial.” “Fit” for the dead.
Yesterday, the first Saudi relief plane left Riyadh for Libya to help those affected by the floods.
On the other hand, humanitarian organizations such as Islamic Relief and Doctors Without Borders have warned of the risks of the spread of diseases linked to possible water pollution. The torrent swept a large number of victims into the Mediterranean Sea, which dumped dozens of bodies that began to decompose.
The International Organization for Migration reported the displacement of more than 38,000 people in eastern Libya, including 30,000 from Derna.
For its part, the World Health Organization announced in a statement yesterday that the bodies of 3,958 people had been found and their identities had been identified, and said that more than 9,000 people were missing, without specifying the source of these numbers.
The World Health Organization and other relief organizations called on the authorities in Libya to stop burying flood victims in mass graves, saying that this may cause long-term psychological problems for families or may create health risks if the bodies are buried near water.
For its part, Morocco sent teams of experts and engineers specialized in protecting dams to the affected areas in Derna to help the Libyan people who were affected by the floods.
The Moroccan team is scheduled to arrive at the places affected by the floods to determine what kind of assistance can be provided regarding monitoring the condition of a number of dams, according to the Africa Portal news.
The earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter earthquake scale, which struck the Kingdom on the night of September 8, caused rockslides, closed roads, and hampered rescue teams’ attempts to reach the affected mountainous areas. The death toll reached 2,946 people. About 5,674 other people were injured.
• Morocco, which was stricken by the earthquake, contributes to protecting the damaged Libyan dams… and the hope of finding survivors diminishes after the floods
• 96 members of the UAE rescue teams began their missions, equipped with equipment and machinery, 4 helicopters, two cruisers, and a medical team supported by equipped ambulances.
2023-09-16 22:06:05
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