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News Libya » Derna: Libya's flood-hit Derna struggles to deal with corpses after huge death toll

News channel or source: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/libyas-flood-hit-derna-struggles-to-deal-with-corpses-after-huge-death-toll
Published on: Friday 15 September 2023

DERNA, Libya/GENEVA, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Residents and rescue workers in the devastated Libyan city of Derna were struggling to cope with the thousands of corpses washing up or decaying under rubble, ...

News Libya » Derna: Libya floods: Drowning of Derna was man-made disaster decades in the making

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/libya-floods-drowning-derna-man-121054402.html
Published on: Thursday 21 September 2023

A demolished building at the port city of Derna, Libya, is the result of a dam collapse in the wake of Storm Daniel on September 10. Photo by EPA-EFE Sept. 21 (UPI) --In the early hours of Sept. 11, ...

News Libya » Derna: Flood death toll in Libya's Derna soars to 11,300 — aid group

News channel or source: https://www.trtworld.com/article/14969049
Published on: Tuesday 31 March 2026

Libyan Red Crescent says a further 10,100 people are reported missing in the Mediterranean city following devastating flood in the conflict-torn North African country.

News Libya » Derna: Libya was mired in chaos and corruption. For years, warnings the Derna dams may burst went unheeded

News channel or source: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/libya-was-mired-in-chaos-and-corruption-for-years-warnings-the-derna-dams-may-burst-went-unheeded/4689502/
Published on: Sunday 17 September 2023

The warnings were clear but went unheeded. Experts had long said that floods posed a significant danger to two dams meant to protect nearly 90,000 people in the northeast of Libya. They repeatedly ...

News Libya » Derna: Why We Miss the Risks That Actually Reach Us

News channel or source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-adaptive-mind/202606/why-we-miss-the-risks-that-actually-reach-us
Published on: Monday 01 June 2026

A flood drowned a city, but the flood wasn’t the cause—three failures were. This is why your brain misses chained risk, and one habit that helps you catch it.

News Libya » Derna: Libya's flood-ravaged Derna struggles to cope with thousands of corpses

News channel or source: https://www.aol.com/news/libyas-flood-hit-derna-struggles-135849192.html
Published on: Thursday 14 September 2023

DERNA, Libya/GENEVA (Reuters) - Residents and rescue workers in the devastated Libyan city of Derna are struggling to cope with the thousands of corpses washing up or decaying under rubble, after a ...

News Libya » Derna: Survivors in Libya pick through the rubble and devastation as floodwaters recede

News channel or source: https://www.businessinsider.com/libyan-residents-recover-survivors-bodies-derna-floodwaters-2023-9
Published on: Thursday 21 September 2023

Floods devastated Derna, a port city in eastern Libya, after a storm overwhelmed two of the city's dams. First responders continue to find bodies a week into the disaster but are having trouble ...

News Libya » Derna: Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya's coastal city of Derna, aid group says

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/libya-buries-thousands-deadly-floods-080711147.html
Published on: Thursday 14 September 2023

DERNA, Libya (AP) — The death toll in Libya's coastal city of Derna has soared to 11,300 as search efforts continue following a massive flood fed by the breaching of two dams in heavy rains, the ...

News Libya » Derna: Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, aid group says

News channel or source: https://www.wsaz.com/2023/09/14/libyan-city-buries-thousands-mass-graves-after-flood-while-mayor-says-death-toll-could-triple/
Published on: Thursday 14 September 2023

DERNA, Libya (AP) — The death toll in Libya’s coastal city of Derna has soared to 11,300 as search efforts continue following a massive flood fed by the breaching of two dams in heavy rains, the ...