Libya floods: The Wadi Derna ‘dam of death’ — where people will ‘never forget what happened’

Locals now call Wadi Derna “the dam of death.”

In a moment’s notice, the structure unleashed tens of millions of cubic meters of floodwater on Derna’s residents.

The torrents swept generational homes and entire families into the Mediterranean sea — leaving onlooking survivors in a state of shock and horror.

The scene at one of the dams that collapsed in heavy rains and sent a massive flood gushing into the eastern Libyan port city.