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While the chances that Hurricane Lee will make landfall in the U.S. are slim, the East Coast will still feel the effects of the powerful storm as it moves north out over the Atlantic. The Weather Channel meteorologist Chris Warren has the forecast.

The devastating flooding in Libya wreaked havoc on the city of Derna on the Mediterranean coast and other places in the northern African nation.

The city has launched an operation to find the large number of crocodiles.

Rescuers in eastern Libya have uncovered more than 1,000 victims after devastating floods from a powerful storm, an official said. The Red Cross says around 10,000 people are missing.

Hurricane Lee, a Category 3 storm, is forecast to bring dangerous surf and rip currents to the U.S. East Coast and impact New England in the coming days. Stephanie Abrams with The Weather Channel has the latest.

At least 2,000 people are dead after powerful storm floods wiped out coastal towns in Libya over the weekend. Authorities have not been able to access the hardest hit area in the coastal city of Derna, where thousands are believed to be missing.

A Libyan official who visited Derna said “25% of the city has disappeared,” and he expects the final toll to be “really, really big.”

Hurricane Lee was a Category 3 storm Monday as it continued churning in the Atlantic. Its ultimate path was not clear, however. The Weather Channel meteorologist Chris Warren is tracking the storm.

The head of one of Libya’s rival governments said devastating flooding caused by a weekend storm may have carried away thousands of people.

Hurricane Lee is a Category 3 storm hovering in the Atlantic, expected to move northward in the coming days. According to the National Hurricane Center, it could ramp up to a Category 4 hurricane later this week. CBS News senior weather and climate producer David Parkinson has more on where the storm could go.