Whole families drowned in a Libyan city's flood. The only warning was the sound of the dams bursting

Whole families drowned in Libya’s flood. Many didn’t realize the danger until they heard dams burst

By YOUSEF MURAD and JACK JEFFERY (Associated Press) DERNA, Libya (AP) — The wall of water several stories high smashed into apartment buildings, drowning entire families in minutes. One man lost at least 13 members of his extended family. Fadellalah has yet to hear about the fate of another 20, several days after two dams burst above the Libyan coastal city of Derna, unleashing epic floods that killed thousands, wiped out neighborhoods and wash…

Whole families drowned in Libya’s flood. Many didn’t realize the danger until they heard dams burst

By YOUSEF MURAD and JACK JEFFERY (Associated Press) DERNA, Libya (AP) — The wall of water several stories high smashed into apartment buildings, drowning entire families in minutes. One man lost at least 13 members of his extended family. Fadellalah has yet to hear about the fate of another 20, several days after two dams burst above the Libyan coastal city of Derna, unleashing epic floods that killed thousands, wiped out neighborhoods and wash…

Whole families drowned in Libya’s flood. Many didn’t realize the danger until they heard dams burst

By YOUSEF MURAD and JACK JEFFERY (Associated Press) DERNA, Libya (AP) — The wall of water several stories high smashed into apartment buildings, drowning entire families in minutes. One man lost at least 13 members of his extended family. Fadellalah has yet to hear about the fate of another 20, several days after two dams burst above the Libyan coastal city of Derna, unleashing epic floods that killed thousands, wiped out neighborhoods and wash…

Whole families drowned in Libya’s flood. Many didn’t realize the danger until they heard dams burst

By YOUSEF MURAD and JACK JEFFERY (Associated Press) DERNA, Libya (AP) — The wall of water several stories high smashed into apartment buildings, drowning entire families in minutes. One man lost at least 13 members of his extended family. Fadellalah has yet to hear about the fate of another 20, several days after two dams burst above the Libyan coastal city of Derna, unleashing epic floods that killed thousands, wiped out neighborhoods and wash…

Whole families drowned in Libya’s flood. Many didn’t realize the danger until they heard dams burst

By YOUSEF MURAD and JACK JEFFERY (Associated Press) DERNA, Libya (AP) — The wall of water several stories high smashed into apartment buildings, drowning entire families in minutes. One man lost at least 13 members of his extended family. Fadellalah has yet to hear about the fate of another 20, several days after two dams burst above the Libyan coastal city of Derna, unleashing epic floods that killed thousands, wiped out neighborhoods and wash…

Whole families drowned in Libya’s flood. Many didn’t realize the danger until they heard dams burst

By YOUSEF MURAD and JACK JEFFERY (Associated Press) DERNA, Libya (AP) — The wall of water several stories high smashed into apartment buildings, drowning entire families in minutes. One man lost at least 13 members of his extended family. Fadellalah has yet to hear about the fate of another 20, several days after two dams burst above the Libyan coastal city of Derna, unleashing epic floods that killed thousands, wiped out neighborhoods and wash…