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Left behind and grieving, survivors of Libya floods call for accountability

September 20, 2023 admin

Rescuers and relatives sit in front of the collapsed buildings after the recent flooding caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel, in Derna, Libya. | Photo Credit: AP Abdel-Hamid al-Hassadi survived the devastating flooding in eastern Libya, but he lost some 90 people from his extended family. The 23-year-old law graduate rushed upstairs along with his mother…

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Libya dam collapse: engineering expert raises questions about management

September 19, 2023 admin

Rescuers and relatives of victims set up tents in front of collapsed buildings in Derna, Libya, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Some 11,300 people died when two dams collapsed during Mediterranean storm Daniel last week sending a wall of water gushing through the city, according to the Red Crescent aid group. A further 10,000 people are…

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After a Week, Families Haunted By Fate Of The Missing

September 18, 2023 admin

Thousands are dead and thousands more missing in the floods in Libya (File) Derna, Libya: “I lost my daughter. Her mother is convinced that she is still alive. I am convinced that she is dead,” says Ahmed Ashour, 62. “The girl left me with a 3-month-old baby.” A week after the flood that swept the…

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Libya Floods Death Count Rises To 11,300, Over 10,000 Still Missing: UN

September 17, 2023 admin

Severe drinking water problems have gripped Libya’s eastern city of Derna Washington: The death count from catastrophic flooding in Libya’s eastern city of Derna has climbed to 11,300, the United Nations said in an update on Saturday, citing the Libyan Red Crescent. Another 10,100 people are still missing in the devastated city, the UN’s Office…

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Morning Digest | CWC resolves to make INDIA bloc an electoral success; V-P Dhankar to hoist national flag at new Parliament building today, and more

September 17, 2023 admin

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former president Sonia Gandhi, and party senior leaders being welcomed on their arrival for the newly constituted Congress Working Committee (CWC) in Hyderabad on Saturday, September 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Congress Working Committee resolves to make INDIA bloc an ideological and electoral success The newly constituted Congress Working…

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Libya Dams, That Unleashed Floods, Had Decades-Old Cracks: Officials

September 16, 2023 admin

The two dams burst and unleashed a flood that killed thousands in Derna. (File) Damah, Libya: Two dams that burst in a hurricane-strength storm, unleashing a wall of water that killed thousands in the Libyan port of Derna, had been cracked since 1998, an official said. Prosecutor general Al-Seddik Al-Sour has announced an investigation into…

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Libya’s deadly floods: what we know

September 15, 2023 admin

Flash flooding in east Libya caused by Storm Daniel tore through the coastal city of Derna, leaving nearly 4,000 people dead, 10,000 missing and entire neighbourhoods in ruins. This is what we know so far about the extreme weather event that hit war-torn Libya. Dams burst On Sunday afternoon, Storm Daniel made landfall on Libya’s…

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Libya’s flood-ravaged Derna in grisly hunt for thousands still missing

September 15, 2023 admin

A global aid effort for Libya gathered pace on September 14 after a tsunami-sized flash flood killed at least 4,000 people, with thousands more missing | Photo Credit: AFP Emergency teams on Friday kept up their search for the thousands still posted as missing from the tsunami-sized flash flood that swept the Libyan port city…

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UN Says Libya Flood Deaths Were Avoidable

September 14, 2023 admin

“The flooding events came and there was no evacuation taking place,” said UN. Geneva, Switzerland: The United Nations said Thursday that most of the thousands of deaths in Libya’s flood disaster could have been averted if early warning and emergency management systems had functioned properly. With better functioning coordination in the crisis-wracked country, “they could…

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Libya Minister Says Flood Death Count May Double

September 13, 2023 admin

Bodies were washing ashore in eastern Libya on Wednesday. Libya: Bodies were washing ashore in eastern Libya on Wednesday, swelling the death count from a storm that swept whole neighbourhoods out to sea, with thousands already confirmed dead and many thousands more still missing. Swathes of the Mediterranean city of Derna were obliterated by the…

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