ANKARA (AA) – At least 14 people were killed when heavy floods and landslides hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, with a population of about 20,000, according to state media. Torrential rain caused flooding which reached up to three meters (10 feet) in height in some areas, Antara News said, citing the National Agency for Disaster Man...
Char Shildaha, Bangladesh – – AFP An award-winning architect in Bangladesh, one of the nations most at risk from flooding driven by climate change, has developed an ingenious two-floor housing solution to help people survive what scientists warn is a growing threat. This year, when the annual monsoon floodwaters swelled the country...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The UN secretary general has stressed the need to support Pakistan, which continues rebuilding in the wake of last year’s devastating floods, calling the country a “double victim” of “climate chaos” and “unjust” global financial system. “Pakistan is a double victim – of climate chaos, ...
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 […]
