Libya floods: warlord using disaster response to exert control, say observers
Khalifa Haftar and Libyan National Army militia said to be overseeing humanitarian relief arriving in city of Derna As search and rescue teams continue to...
Category : Libya flood (2023)
‘Towns were erased’: Libyan reporters on the ‘horrifying, harrowing’ aftermath of floods
Journalists who reported on last week’s catastrophic storm say the country’s bloody political tussle has contributed to the collapse of services Early last week, Mohamed...
Libya flood: investigation opened as hopes of finding survivors fade
Prosecutors to investigate collapse of dams as rescue effort continues a week after catastrophic deluge Libyan authorities have opened an investigation into the collapse of...
Weather tracker: Libya floods caused by Storm Daniel ‘medicane’
Country hit by record rainfall that followed Mediterranean storm with similarities to tropical cyclone After battering Greece last week, Storm Daniel caused further devastating floods,...
‘The waters carried my son away in front of my eyes’: anguished Libyans mourn lost loved ones
Relatives grieve and search in desperation as Derna’s mayor fears death toll from floods may exceed 20,000 Omar al-Rifadi has been searching for his missing...
‘An alarm bell’: Libyan poet warned of flood risk in Derna before dying in storms
Mustafa al-Trabelsi attended a meeting about state of the dams days before Storm Daniel hit city In Derna, and indeed across Libya, everyone is sharing...
‘Sea is constantly dumping bodies’: fears Libya flood death toll may hit 20,000
Full scale of devastation in north African nation still not clear as aid agencies struggle to reach cut-off areas International aid is slowly starting to...
