Rescue teams in Libya are struggling to retrieve the bodies of victims that have been swept out to sea in raging flood waters.
At least 2,300 have been killed, according to the ambulance authority in Derna, the worst affected city.
Two dams and four bridges collapsed in Derna, submerging much of the city when Storm Daniel hit on Sunday.
About 10,000 people are reported missing, the Red Crescent says, and the death toll is expected to rise further.
The US, Germany, Iran, Italy, Qatar and Turkey are among the countries that have said they have sent or are ready to send aid.
“I was shocked by what I saw, it’s like a tsunami,” Hisham Chkiouat, from Libya’s eastern-based government, said.
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