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Video. Watch: Russian emergency teams join aid groups in flood-ravaged Derna

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The Libyan Red Crescent says that more than 10,000 people are still missing. Emergency workers are continuing their efforts to find survivors and recover bodies.

Fifty emergency workers from the Russian Emergency Services started working in the Libyan city of Derna on Sunday

The Russian emergency workers will supervise local search teams and examine the most difficult areas including basements of the severely damaged buildings, the Russian Emergency Ministry reported Sunday.

It has been nearly a week since heavy rains caused two dams to fail, killing more than 11,000 people.

Entire neighbourhoods were destroyed and people were swept out to sea.

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