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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 » Trade: Libya floods, mapped: How heavy rainfall wiped out a city
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 » Trade: Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya's coastal city of Derna, aid group says
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 » Trade: 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 » Trade: A Year After a Deadly Flood, a Libyan City Is Rebuilding but Not Whole
Derna is quickly being reconstructed after a flood that killed thousands. But questions linger about the process, and residents say new buildings cannot erase their trauma. Derna is quickly being ...
News Libya » Derna » Trade: Libya was mired in chaos and corruption. For years, warnings the Derna dams may burst went unheeded
CAIRO (AP) — 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 ...
News Libya » Derna » Trade: Photos of Derna’s Devastation: How Libya Fell Victim to a Most Unnatural Disaster
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News Libya » Derna » Trade: Hundreds protest against Libyan authorities in flood-ravaged Derna
Derna should either be left as it is, or a foreign company should be involved. The souls of the martyrs will not be in vain,” he said. Libya’s vulnerability to extreme weather is increased by its long ...
News Libya » Derna » Trade: ‘This is God’s will.’ Survivors dig mass graves for those killed in Libya’s devastating floods
It’s quiet at the Martoba cemetery outside the Libyan city of Derna, despite the presence of dozens of volunteers. Men in white hazmat suits pour lime over the brown soil to seal the graves. Cement ...
News Libya » Derna » Trade: Survivors of Libya's deadly floods describe catastrophic scenes and tragic losses
LONDON — For Ehdaa Bujeldain, an English teacher living with her family in Bab-Tobruk, in the mountains of Derna, eastern Libya, it sounded like a bomb going off in the middle of the night. "On Sunday ...
News Libya » Derna » Trade: 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 » Trade: Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, aid group says
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...