The press service of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation noted that Russian rescuers flew to Libya to help eliminate the consequences of the flood. This was reported by TASS.
The ministry emphasized that the head of the department, on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin, sent 50 rescuers from the Leadership Special Risk Rescue Operations Center to Libya to help eliminate the consequences of severe floods.
Before that Putin expressed We express our condolences to the Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohammed al-Menfi, for the tragic events that occurred in the country after the hurricane and flood.
On September 12, Tamer Ramadan, the official representative of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Libya and the head of the IFRC delegation, announced that approximately 10 thousand people were lost as a result of the major flood disaster in Libya.
On September 10, Hurricane Daniel hit the country. The city of Derna in the Cyrenaica region was hardest hit, where two dams collapsed and a catastrophic situation was developing. The country’s authorities declared three days of national mourning. Libya also requested international assistance.
Previously in China evacuated 200 thousand people due to typhoon.