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“Entire families were lost.” Mediterranean storm Daniel caused deadly flooding Sunday in many towns of eastern Libya, but the worst-hit was Derna. Two dams in the mountains above the city ...
In this scenario, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Libya, Georgette Gagnon, said dozens of villages and towns have been “severely affected... with widespread flooding, damage to ...
Libya's eastern administration has approved a budget of $3.2 billion to help flood-affected areas ... based on the extent of the damage. Libyan authorities demanded an investigation into whether ...
It took nearly 24 hours for news to emerge from Libya of the deadly floods. But with the country divided between rival governments with spotty records for accuracy, it was tricky to grasp the extent ...
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Crowds of people in Libya have stormed a city mayor's home and set it on fire, in protest at how the country's authorities' handled last week's catastrophic flood. Video appeared to show ...
Video footage captured across the city of Derna shows wide-scale destruction following Libya's deadliest storm in decades. The storm burst dams washing multi-storey buildings with sleeping ...