Susa, Libya – AFP As much of the world’s attention has been focused on the port city of Derna since flooding in eastern Libya, other cities are mired in the resulting damage. Ahmed Saleh, a 34-year-old civil engineer clad in a traditional white jalabiya, is still in shock at the scale of the destruction in his […]
Derna, Libya – AFP Libya’s flood disaster, which killed thousands in the city of Derna, also displaced more than 43,000 people, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday. A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing river dams upstream from the coastal city after the Mediterranean Storm Daniel lashed the ar...
Derna, Libya – AFP In Libya’s flood-hit city of Derna, the Mediterranean Sea breeze mixes with the nauseating stench of human remains buried under the mud-caked rubble. More than a week after a tsunami-scale flash flood ripped through the coastal city, razing entire neighbourhoods, many of the traumatized survivors are still waitin...
Benghazi, Libya — AFP In a Libyan hospital ward, trauma and grief mix with disbelief and anger among the survivors of the flood disaster that killed untold thousands in the devastated city of Derna. A tsunami-sized flash flood crashed through the Mediterranean city, razing entire neighbourhoods, after two upstream dams burst amid torrent...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The Libyan House of Representatives-appointed government has dismissed all members of the municipal council of the Derna city. The decision was taken by Osama Hamad, the head of Libya’s eastern government, as demonstrations in Derna demanded accountability after floods killed thousands in the city. Derna was h...
Derna, Libya – AFP The UN has warned that disease outbreaks could bring “a second devastating crisis” to Libya a week after a massive flash flood devastated the coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths. Local officials, aid agencies and the World Health Organization “are concerned about the risk of dise...
Derna, Libya – AFP It was long past midnight when Abdel Moneim Awad al-Sheikh awoke to desperate screams from outside his home in the Libyan city of Derna, only to find his building engulfed by surging flood waters. “I took nothing but my glasses and phone and fled as the waters shook the iron doors […]
Derna, Libya – AFP A week after a tsunami-sized flash flood devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the international aid effort to help the grieving survivors slowly gathered pace Sunday. Search-and-rescue teams wearing face masks and protective suits kept up the grim search for bodies or any sur...
TRIPOLI, Libya- AA About 5,000 homes have been damaged by devastating floods caused by Storm Daniel in Libya’s northeastern Jabal Akhdar region, according to the country’s unity government. “The region needs maintenance and rebuilding of about 35 km of damaged roads, and 20 km of main rainwater drainage lines,” the Housing and Util...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – In yet another tragic twist, at least 55 children have been poisoned by polluted water in the devastated Libyan coastal city of Derna. The city has been hit especially hard by floods caused by Storm Daniel when it struck the country last weekend. “We detected 55 cases of contamination (poisoning) with […]
