'The earth shook': survivors recount Libya flood horror

Derna, Libya (AFP) Sept 18, 2023

It was long past midnight when Abdel Moneim Awad al-Sheikh awoke to desperate screams from outside his home in the Libyan city of Derna, only to find his building engulfed by surging flood waters. "I took nothing but my glasses and phone and fled as the waters shook the iron doors like an earthquake," recounted the 73-year-old survivor of the deadly disaster. He and his family managed to