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Antonio Guterres delivered the comments on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, as politicians, as well as activists, business and civil society leaders met for the summit.
Teresa Ribera calls for alert systems in every country by 2027 after spate of natural disasters across the worldThe latest spate of natural disasters – from the floods in Libya, Greece and Spain to the wildfires in Hawaii and Canada – has further under…
Report says climate change made rainfall heavier but human factors turned extreme weather into humanitarian disasterCarbon pollution led to heavier rains and stronger floods in Greece and Libya this month but other human factors were responsible for “t…
Media crackdown follows reports that police officers had detained and questioned Libyan reportersLibya’s eastern government has ordered journalists to leave Derna after angry protests against the authorities a week after a flood killed thousands of res…
Melting ice caps and rising sea levels are less urgent than floods, wildfires, drought and other disasters, New York summit hearsFloods, wildfires, drought and the onslaught of extreme weather are driving a global health crisis that must be put at the …
Tens of thousands without power in New England and Nova Scotia as other potentially dangerous tempests hover over the AtlanticTens of thousands in New England and Canada remained without power on Sunday morning after the deadly storm Lee struck Nova Sc…
Journalists who reported on last week’s catastrophic storm say the country’s bloody political tussle has contributed to the collapse of servicesEarly last week, Mohamed Eljabo travelled to the eastern provinces of Libya, passing through Derna, Al Bayda…
WHO says aid to help 250,000 people has arrived in Benghazi as death toll estimated at more than 11,000International aid is arriving in Libya from the UN, Europe and Middle Eastern countries, offering some relief to thousands after flooding submerged t…
Only emergency workers to be allowed into devastated area over fears of contamination from dead bodies in limited water supplyLibyan authorities have largely sealed off the flood-devastated port town of Derna from civilians in an effort to give space t…
Relatives grieve and search in desperation as Derna’s mayor fears death toll from floods may exceed 20,000Omar al-Rifadi has been searching for his missing 20-year-old daughter ever since disaster struck the Libyan city of Derna on Sunday, when she dis…