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 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 […]
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...
Derna, Libya – AFP Libya’s eastern city of Derna was counting its dead Wednesday after devastating flash floods unleashed by Storm Daniel with the Red Cross warning that 10,000 are missing. Two river dams burst after the storm hit on Sunday afternoon, releasing an enormous surge of water that tore through the Mediterranean coastal ...
ANKARA (AA) – The EU has offered assistance to Libya, where catastrophic floods after Storm Daniel have killed over 5300 people. “Harrowing images from Libya following deaths & destruction caused by floods, especially in the East of the country,” EU Council chief Charles Michel wrote on X, and expressed the EU’s ...
