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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Environment
Urooba Jamal, Ala Drissi

‘A real hell’: The climate refugees of Libya’s floods and regional strife

Ichtiyak, 33, who survived the deadly storm that hit Libya, sits with her daughter at the school, where they take shelter in Derna, Libya [Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]

Often, in the middle of the night, Khadijah can hear screaming.

It could be the woman in the classroom next door, who has refused to change out of her abaya since Libya was hit with deadly floods on September 10. She fears more floods are on the way and wants to remain hidden from them, in the belief that her flowing robe will protect her, says Khadijah, 60.

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