Profound grief has swept through Libyan social media after the announcement that a number of celebrities and stars from the…
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Libyan Prime Minister Osama Hammad offered condolences Friday after a volunteer from Malta died during flood rescue and recovery operations…
Spokesman for the Libyan Parliament Abdullah Blihaq stressed that the investigations into the collapse of the Derna dams will cover…
Libyan Attorney General Al-Siddiq Al-Sour stated Saturday that maintenance work on two dams near the flood-ravaged city of Derna was…
A Romanian military plane loaded with humanitarian supplies landed in Benghazi on Saturday afternoon, part of intensifying international efforts to…
The use of advance warning systems would have lessened the casualties and damage caused by the recent devastating floods in Libya, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday.
The German Air Force delivered today 30 tons of relief supplies into Libya’s flooded areas.
The layout of the city of Derna, on the northeastern coast of Libya, amplified the extreme damage wrought by flooding there over the weekend. The floods have killed thousands of people, according to local authorities, and thousands more are missing.
At least 5,500 people have died and more than 10,000 are believed missing after Tropical Storm Daniel broke through two dams that protected Libya’s eastern coastal city of Derna from flooding. Experts estimate that the floods unleashed approximately 30 million cubic meters of water onto the city—the hardest hit part of Libya—washing away entire neighborhoods. Other cities in the northeast of the country have also been affected.
At least 5,100 people are presumed dead after a torrential downpour triggered the collapse of two dams and unleashed devastating…