The cities of Tripoli and Misrata witnessed heavy rainfall on Thursday morning, causing a number of main streets to flood and disrupting traffic in some areas.
The General Company for Water and Sanitation announced it had started pumping and draining the collected water since the morning. It published video clips showing its teams deployed to several locations in Tripoli and Misrata to deal with the flash floods.
Activists on social media shared video clips showing rising water levels in a number of streets, including Al-Hallaqin and Al-Matabbat streets in Misrata, as well as the Al-Bifi area east of the capital, Tripoli.
The National Center of Meteorology had predicted in its weather bulletin that there would be thunderstorms in the northwestern regions, especially the coastal ones. This led to water collecting in low-lying areas like the Hamada al-Hamra desert, while cities in the northeast, including Bayda and Tolmeita, experienced heavy rainfall in the past few hours.