 Mass graves are being created across the city to bury those who have died (Picture: REUTERS) To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Some 10,000 people are estimated to be missing, with many believed to have been swept out to sea. Mohammed Qamaty, a volunteer in Derna, said rescue workers were still searching for victims. He said: 'We call on all the young Libyans, anyone who has a degree or any medical affiliation to please come and help us. 'We have a shortage in nurses, we need help.' Videos of the aftermath show water gushing through the port city's remaining tower blocks and overturned cars, and later, bodies lined up on sidewalks covered with blankets, collected for burial. Residents say the only indication of danger was the loud sound of the dams cracking, with no warning system or evacuation plan. Many bodies have been laid out on the ground in hospital corridors and people are still trying to identify missing relatives as more dead were brought in, it was reported. The dam south of Derma broke its banks due to heavy r){kind=link}
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Thousands of people killed in a devastating flood in Libya have been buried in mass graves.
At least 2,300 are reported to have died in the tragedy that swept through Derna on Sunday, with 10,000 people feared to be missing.
The flood was caused by a powerful storm that burst dams nearby, unleashing a torrent of water that devastated a quarter or more of the Mediterranean city.