Photos show recovery efforts in Libya after fatal floods : The Picture Show The floods in Derna left thousands dead, missing and displaced. Here are scenes from last week, as search and rescue ...

Libya floods leave more than 5,000 dead In the coastal city of Derna, dams broke, sending a torrent of water that submerged whole neighborhoods. Rescue efforts are complicated by the fact that ...

Derna, a once-lush seaside town on Libya’s northeastern coast, was built on the ruins of an ancient Greek colony in the late 15th century by Muslims fleeing the Spanish Inquisition.

Al-Sharif, 34, spoke by voice message from a shelter in Derna, the city in eastern Libya that was devastated by last week’s floods. “Most of my friends from the neighborhood” have died, he said.

Tarek Fahim was taking videos of the water filling behind the dam in the Derna valley in Libya late Saturday night. Up until 1:30 am, Storm Daniel was just wind and rain. When he went home an hour ...

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.

Libya's eastern city of Derna has buried 700 people killed in devastating flooding and 10,000 are reported missing. Skip to content Menu Today's paper.

Derna has become an emblem of ills that afflict many of Libya’s 7 million inhabitants: infrastructural decay, economic neglect, unpreparedness for global warming.

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.

Libya’s top prosecutor says he has opened an investigation into the collapse of two dams that caused a devastating flood in the coastal city of Derna. Libya investigates dams' collapse after a ...

East Libya’s government suspended Derna’s mayor, Abdel-Moneim al-Gaithi, pending an investigation into the disaster. The mayor didn’t respond to phone calls seeking comment.

The mayor of Libya's eastern city of Derna was detained along with other officials on suspicion of mismanagement and negligence over the collapse of dams that flooded the city two weeks ago, Libya ...