Derna, Libya — AFP Rescuers sifted through mud and rubble in their search for people missing from the tsunami-sized flash flood that swept the Libyan port city of Derna, killing more than 3,000. The surge of water burst two upstream dams on Sunday, turning Derna into an apocalyptic wasteland with entire city blocks and untold […]
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’...
