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The flash flood that has killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed the ‘medicane’ storm DanielThe flash flood that has killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed a “medicane”, a rare but destructive weather phenomenon that scie…
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.
Days after the catastrophic flood in northeastern Libya killed thousands of people, the city of Derna remains largely cut off from the outside world. The New York Times reached residents by phone who described dire conditions and sent videos capturing …
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Mustafa al-Trabelsi attended a meeting about state of the dams days before Storm Daniel hit cityIn Derna, and indeed across Libya, everyone is sharing a poem called The Rain, written by a poet from the city, Mustafa al-Trabelsi, who died in the floods….
Rescue operations are complicated in a country that has been at war on-and-off with no strong central government since an uprising toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Attorney general asked to investigate amid allegations warnings ignored about dangerous state of two dams Libya’s attorney general has been asked by senior politicians to launch an urgent inquiry into the catastrophic floods that have killed tens of th…
The government of one side of the country has called for an investigation into how two dams collapsed and into reports that aid had been hindered.
Mayor of flood-hit city of Derna calls for body-recovery teams as international aid starts to arriveRescue workers in the devastated Libyan city of Derna have appealed for more body bags, after a catastrophic flood killed thousands of people and swept …
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