 away from Derna, the Libyan city at the centre of this week's floods, but it has been devastated by the disaster. Seventy-four people from al-Sharif, all of them men between the ages of 18 and 30, are known to have lost their lives in the floods. They were working in Libya in the hope of making some money to build a better life back home. As we walk through al-Sharif, house after house is holding a mourning ceremony. Many of the dead and missing are from the same family. The al-Dabaa family, one of the largest in al-Sharif, is mourning the loss of 16 people. "My three sons, all in their 20s, died," says Jumaa al-Sayyid, a 50-year-old farmer, struggling to fight back the tears. The young men had travelled to Libya illegally and Jumaa himself had helped them raise the money for the journey. "Now I wish I had never done it," he adds. Image caption, Farmer Jumaa al-Sayyid helped his three sons raise money to fund their trip to Libya - the sons all died in the floods In a nearby house, Fatima Muhammad is also mourning the loss of three young sons who were in their 20s. They left behind wives and five children that Fatima, a widow who also works as a farmer, will now help to raise. In tears, she tells the BBC that she had refused to believe the news of her sons' deaths until she saw their bodies. "I buried them side by side, like seeds in a field," she says. The people here are afraid that that even more have died - another 100 people from the village who were living in Derna are still unaccounted for. One person praying for news is Raya Faisal. She lost contact with her two sons, Ahmed and Mohammed,){kind=link}
On Wednesday morning, the people of al-Sharif lined the main street, forming a guard of honour for the ambulances making their way to the village cemetery. This community in northern Egypt is almost 560 miles (900km) away from Derna, the Libyan city at the centre of this week’s floods, but it has been devastated by the disaster.
Seventy-four people from al-Sharif, all of them men between the ages of 18 and 30, are known to have lost their lives in the floods. They were working in Libya in the hope of making some money to build a better life back home.
As we walk through al-Sharif, house after house is holding a mourning ceremony.
Many of the dead and missing are from the same family. The al-Dabaa family, one of the largest in al-Sharif, is mourning the loss of 16 people.
“My three sons, all in their 20s, died,” says Jumaa al-Sayyid, a 50-year-old farmer, struggling to fight back the tears.