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 […]
ANKARA (AA) – More than 38,640 people have been displaced due to devastating floods in Libya, the UN migration agency said on Friday. At least 30,000 individuals were displaced in Derna due to Storm Daniel, with 3,000 in Al-Bayda, 2,595 in Al-Marj, 2,195 in Benghazi, 350 in Soussa, 300 in Almkheley, 200 in Wardeah and […]
GENEVA (AA) – Providing shelter, food, and medical supplies to people in Libya and Morocco who survived two massive lethal natural disasters is the top priority, the UN’s humanitarian affairs chief has said. Speaking at a UN press conference about the earthquake that struck Morocco on September 8 and the devastating floods in Libya on [&...
GENEVA (AA) – The use of advanced warning systems would have lessened the casualties and damage caused by the recent devastating floods in Libya, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said. “If there had been advanced warning we could have avoided most of the human casualties in Libya,” Petteri Taalas, the WMO’...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN aid chief has announced $10 million from the UN’s emergency fund for Libya, where thousands have been killed in devastating floods. “I immediately released $10 million from the UN’s emergency fund CERF, and an appeal for additional support is on its way,” Martin Griffiths said in a statement t...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The Libyan House of Representatives has approved an emergency budget of 10 billion Libyan dinars ($2 billion) in order to mitigate the destruction caused by Storm Daniel. The motion was approved in an emergency session in Benghazi, lawmaker Mohamed Tamer informed the media. The budget will be allocated for “re...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The health situation in Libya is catastrophic following a Mediterranean rainstorm and devastating floods, with dead bodies still lying out in the open in many areas, a Libyan health official has said. “The health situation in areas hit by floods is catastrophic, especially in the city of Derna,” the official request...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN aid agency, OCHA, on Thursday called for $71.4 million to respond to the most urgent needs of thousands of people affected by the deadly floods in Libya. “The scale of the flood disaster is ‘shocking’ with entire neighborhoods having been wiped off the map and whole families, taken by […]
