People in eastern Libya are still reckoning with the aftermath of last month's floodwaters that washed out to sea the heart of the city of Derna, and killed thousands.

Haftar's forces have dominated east for years He has nurtured image of strongman who can bring order Dissent may pose political challenge, says analyst Dynastic ambitions, with a son in Derna ...

Prosecutors are investigating the spending of dam maintenance funds. Libya's chief prosecutor announced Friday he has ordered an investigation into the collapse of two overwhelmed dams during the ...

Among the rarer causes of dam failures are acts of war (3%), defective material (2%) and earthquakes (1%). In Libya’s case, bad management appears to have been the cause of the dam’s collapse.

In the aftermath of a devastating flood in Libya, the threat of more dam failures looms. Survivors face the risk of displaced land mines and contaminated water.

Derna is prone to flooding, and its dam reservoirs have caused at least five deadly floods since 1942, the latest of which was in 2011, according to a research paper published by Libya’s Sebha ...

Abdel Wanis Ashour, a dam expert at Sebha university in south-western Libya, warned last year the two dams could collapse without extensive maintenance.

As residents and emergency responders in eastern Libya continued Wednesday to search storm debris for the bodies of missing people, satellite images released in the aftermath of this week's ...

Access to Derna Is Limited as Libyan Authorities Struggle in Flood’s Aftermath Thousands remain missing following the devastating flood in the country’s northeast.

In the aftermath of Derna’s dam collapses, experts are calling for renewed attention to the international problem of aging, ill-maintained dams.

Rescue workers continue to search for bodies in the wake of a deadly dam calamity in Libya, even as international health officials warn that waterborne disease could bring another wave of death.

Libya floods latest: Death toll soars to 11,300 from 'dam of death' in Derna More than 36,000 people have been displaced by the catastrophe that saw entire coastal towns swept away.