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Aerial footage of the Libyan city of Derna where bodies line the streets following a tsunami-like flood that killed thousands. The enormous surge of storm water burst two upstream river dams late Sunday and reduced Derna to a wasteland where entire city blocks and untold numbers of people were washed into the Mediterranean. IMAGES
Firefighters resume the search for possible other victims in the rubble of the buildings which burned in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque, in the eastern Pyrenees region of southern France, killing eight people. They also secure the site. IMAGES
The Italian Coast Guard deploys an underwater unmanned vehicle to search for six passengers missing after a luxury yacht sank off Sicily as hope fades that they will be found alive. The 56-metre (185 feet) British-flagged "Bayesian" was anchored some 700 metres from Porticello with 10 crew and 12 passengers on board when it was struck by a waterspout -- akin to a mini-tornado -- before dawn on Monday. IMAGES
The search for Lina, a 15-year-old girl who disappeared last September in the Bas-Rhin region, resumes at the Anould site (Vosges). IMAGES
Firefighters pick through the still-smouldering ruins of a 14-storey apartment building for the more than a dozen people reported missing after a fire ravaged the block of flats in the Spanish port city of Valencia, claiming the lives of at least four people. Experts say the building was covered with highly flammable cladding, which could account for the rapid spread of the blaze after it broke out on the fourth floor at around 5:30 pm (1630 GMT) on February 22. IMAGES
Images of the Libyan port city of Derna after last week's deadly flood that killed thousands and left thousands more homeless. Local officials, aid agencies and the World Health Organization are concerned dirty water and the lack of clean sanitation could cause an outbreak of disease. IMAGES
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