DERNA, Libya — 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.

Derna, Libya CNN — Tarek Fahim was taking videos of the water filling behind the dam in the Derna valley in Libya late Saturday night. Up until 1:30 am, Storm Daniel was just wind and rain.

Huda Akram is a doctor based in Benghazi, Libya, whose family hails from Derna. She spoke to All Things ... we heard that the dam collapsed. However, we only saw the footage.

Libya’s Red Crescent has said at least 11,300 ... high and could hold up to 22.5 million cubic meters of water. The Derna dam, also known as Belad, is much closer to the city and could hold ...

Experts say a quarter of Derna city is destroyed. Residents say at least one dam failed, sending a torrent ... according to Libya's Health Ministry and Egyptian media. Rescue efforts have been ...

In Libya, floods washed neighborhoods away ... constructed in the 1970s by a Yugoslav company in the Wadi Derna basin. The larger dam, Boumansour, which is nearly nine miles from the city of ...

Already, Libyan commentators inside the country and out are pointing to the apocalyptic loss of life in Derna as the product not simply of a natural disaster, but of Libya’s divided and ...

Conflicting figures have been released for the death toll from the Derna tragedy, with one U.N. agency putting number of dead at 11,300, with more than 10,000 others still missing. philippe ...

Two men comfort each other as people check the damage caused by floods after the Mediterranean storm "Daniel" hit Libya's eastern city of Derna, on Sept. 14. (Abdullah Doma/AFP via Getty Images) ...