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People search in the rubble of a building in a flash flood-damaged area in Derna on September 14, 2023. A global aid effort for Libya gathered pace on September 14 after a tsunami-sized flash flood killed at least 4,000 people, with thousands more missing, a death toll the UN blamed in part on the legacy of years of war and chaos. (Photo by Abdullah DOMA / AFP)
The UN aid chief on Friday said the extent of the catastrophe in flood-ravaged Libya was unclear as the country is divided between two rival authorities.
"I think the issue for us in Libya is of course coordinating with... the government and then the other authority in the east of the country," Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator said, adding: "We don't know the extent of the problem."
