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.
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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.
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said today that his government is in contact with the Libyan authorities and the UN to “urgently assess what support we can provide to help the Libyan people at this tragic time.”
U.S. President Joe Biden announced today that his country is sending emergency funds to relief organizations in Libya to assist in ongoing humanitarian aid operations in the wake of catastrophic floods that left thousands dead and missing in the eastern part of the country.
At least 10,000 people were feared missing in Libya on Tuesday in floods caused by a huge storm that burst dams, swept away buildings and wiped out as much as a quarter of the eastern city of Derna.
Jordan, under the directives of King Abdullah II, will provide any assistance Libya needs after Storm Daniel unleashed extreme floods that killed at least 150 across the country’s eastern coastal line.
The Libyan Red Crescent has denied today reports claiming death of one of its workers, who has gone missing in the city of Al-Bayada since yesterday, as he attempted to aid families trapped by floods unleashed by Mediterranean Storm Daniel.
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is ready to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to complement national and local efforts in response to the deadly storm that killed 150 people in eastern Libya.