The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Friday that it delivered “essential relief items” to 837 people affected by the massive flash floods that swept eastern parts of Libya on September 10.
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A Chinese cargo plane filled with relief supplies has landed in Benghazi’s Benina Airport today amid ongoing international efforts to help victims of deadly floods that swept parts of Libya’s eastern region.
he death toll in the flooding that has devastated a coastal city in Libya has risen to at least 11,300 people, according to the UN.
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.
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.