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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…
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…
The death toll from the flooding in Libya is massive and continues to grow. As of Thursday afternoon, officials have confirmed the loss of more than 11,3000 lives.
Scheme to restore Aller’s natural flow has created wetland teaming with life and could provide model for managing other riversIt does not have the sense of order associated with the National Trust’s manicured stately homes, nor the grandeur of many of …
Storm Daniel was by no means the only factor behind the devastation wrought on the city of DernaWhen the climate crisis meets a failed state, the outcome is the kind of disaster that Libya is witnessing in Derna.Any city would have struggled with the e…
The estimate exceeds $6bn paid out by insurers for Australia’s costliest disaster, the 2022 NSW and Queensland floodsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA repeat of Australia’s worst disasters such as Cyclone Tracy …
Kyriakos Mitsotakis faces biggest crisis yet as residents ask where money for ‘immediate’ flood relief has goneThe Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is facing his biggest crisis yet as – less than a week after rainstorms left vast tracts of th…