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President Cyril Ramaphosa has on behalf of the Government and people of South Africa, expressed his sadness at the loss of lives of more than 8 000 people and the displacement of tens of thousands more because of two natural disasters in eastern Libya and Morocco.
In the carnage Libya lost more than 5 000 people after floods associated with Storm Daniel devastated the eastern parts of the country with the Red Cross reporting 10 000 missing.
Two river dams burst after the storm hit on Sunday afternoon, releasing an enormous surge of water that went through the Mediterranean coastal city, sweeping away buildings and the people inside them.
Rami Elshaheibi, of The World Health Organisation in Libya. said the situation is more disastrous than they expected.
“The numbers keep piling up so those who have not been reported as found are considered very likely to be dead
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