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Record rain turned into a disaster when two dams burst, sending flood water through the center of the city of Derna. Thousands of people were killed last week when devastating floods caused by Storm ...
News Libya » Derna » History: Libya floods: The drowning of Derna was a man-made disaster decades in the making
In the early hours of September 11, residents of Derna in north-east Libya woke to the sound of loud explosions. After more than a decade of conflict—initially between the Gaddafi regime and local ...
News Libya » Derna » History: Libya: Derna Flood Response Costs Lives
(Beirut) – An independent inquiry is needed to review failings in Libyan authorities’ management of catastrophic flooding in eastern Libya in September 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. The floods ...
News Libya » Derna » History: Libya’s Unnatural Disaster
Footage and eyewitness accounts have conveyed harrowing scenes from the storm-struck Libyan town of Derna: overflowing morgues and mass burials, rescuers digging through mud with their bare hands to ...
News Libya » Derna » History: Libya flood disaster: Scale of the catastrophe must bring two warring factions together, says researcher
A century ago, the coastal city of Derna was well known for picture-perfect beaches, palm trees and whitewashed villas mainly inhabited by Libya's Italian colonial occupiers. Today, in the aftermath ...
News Libya » Derna » History: Libya rebuilding flood-devastated Derna
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Bulldozers carrying sand drive down the streets of Derna in eastern Libya. Months after September's deadly and devastating ...
News Libya » Derna » History: Libya's Eastern Government Postpones Derna Reconstruction Conference
Libya's eastern authorities Sunday announced the postponement of a reconstruction conference for the flood-hit city of Derna that had been planned for October 10 but was met with international ...
News Libya » Derna » History: Libya’s Derna hosts theater festival year after flash flood
DERNA, Libya: A year after a flash flood ripped through Derna and killed thousands of people, the coastal Libyan city is hosting a theater festival with a message of hope. The city in the war-torn ...
News Libya » Derna » History: Libya floods: The Wadi Derna ‘dam of death’ — where people will ‘never forget what happened’
This story first appeared on the website of NBC News’ partner Sky News. DERNA, Libya — Locals now call Wadi Derna “the dam of death.” In a moment’s notice, the structure unleashed tens of millions of ...
News Libya » Derna » History: Libya’s ‘City of Poets’ Pays a Heavy Price in Floods
Derna, which lost entire neighborhoods and thousands of residents in the deluge, has a history as a cultural and intellectual hub as well as a rebellious streak. By Raja Abdulrahim In the days after ...
News Libya » Derna » History: Libya floods: the drowning of Derna was a man‑made disaster decades in the making
In the early hours of September 11, residents of Derna in north-east Libya woke to the sound of loud explosions. After more than a decade of conflict – initially between the Gaddafi regime and local ...