Libya's Derna floods: Mourning a year later the loss of mums, dads and kids

A year after losing close family after dams burst above Derna, Abdul Aziz Aldali is still grieving.

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“Life stopped. It’s only the body that is still alive. I’m not the same person,” says Abdul Aziz Aldali, a young resident.

He lost his mother, father and nephews, who had come for a sleepover at their home, when Storm Daniel hit the city on the night of 10 September.

"I consider them martyrs. My neighbours, the Nasser family, lost 24 martyrs. The water reached them first," Mr Aldali says.

Derna is built on the delta of the Wadi Derna river. The stream flows through two dams before crossing the city and emptying into the sea.

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