Migrants from Eritrea, Libya and Sudan sail a wooden boat before being assisted by aid workers of the Spanish NGO Open Arms, in the Mediterranean sea, about 30 miles north of Libya, Saturday, June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)

The UN migration agency said women and children were among the dead. 

Over 60 people drown in migrant boat off Libya on way to Europe

Two weeks on from the disaster which killed thousands of people, rescuers are still digging through the wreckage, looking for bodies. 

Libya arrests eight government officials over devastating floods

Thousands gathered in protest at a mosque in the flood-ravaged eastern city of Derna, demanding the arrest of officials for their handling of the disaster.

Libya floods: Protesters 'set fire' to mayor's house and call for investigation

A week on from the devastating floods, ITV News correspondent Emma Murphy reports from Eastern Libya.

Libya: The city where the missing outnumber the dead and overwhelm the living

More than 11,000 people have died in Derna alone sending a torrent of water which destroyed entire neighbourhoods.

Libya floods: Families wait for bodies of loved ones as 10,000 remain missing

Talal al-Massouri told ITV Wales three members of his family are still missing and 25 have died.

Dad loses 25 members of his family in devastating Libya floods

'Bodies are everywhere, inside houses, in the streets, at sea,' one aid worker said. 'Wherever you go, you find dead men, women, and children."'

Libya digging out the dead but flood disaster could have been 'avoided'

A spokesman for Libya's eastern administration said more than 5,300 bodies have been recovered in the city of Derna.

More than 5,300 dead and tens of thousands left homeless after Libya floods

A photo collage of damage left behind in Derna, Libya, by flooding.

More than 5,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands left without homes in eastern Libya, after severe flooding struck.

Devastation of deadly Libya floods in pictures 

2,300 people are confirmed to have died to the city of Derna alone, although the final death toll is feared to reach the thousands in the coming days.

More than 10,000 people missing in eastern Libya following deadly floods

The prime minister of the eastern half of the country said entire neighbourhoods had been washed away.

2,000 feared dead after floods strike eastern Libya

At least 23 people have been killed after deadly clashes broke out on Saturday in Libya's capital between militias backed by its two rival administrations.

At least 23 killed as deadly conflict breaks out in Libya

Angry demonstrators in Libya stormed the parliament’s headquarters as part of protests in several cities.

Libyan protesters storm into parliament building amid widespread demonstrations

Two detectives from the Metropolitan Police have visited Libya as part of the investigation into Pc Yvonne Fletcher's killing. 

Pc Fletcher murder: Met officers visit Libya

Scotland Yard are to send a team of detectives to Libya to seek out new information which might lead to the killers of Pc Yvonne Fletcher

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