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In the early hours of September 11, residents of Derna in north-east Libya woke to the sound of loud explosions. After more than a decade of conflict – initially between the Gaddafi regime and local factions, then among militias fighting for rule – they were used to the noise.

Khalifa Haftar, the strongman of eastern Libya, has placed his six sons in positions of political and military power. The deadly floods in Derna have seen his youngest, Saddam, rise to head of disaster relief management and the top of his succession charts. For Libyans, it spells more bad news.

A recent study determined that climate change made the flood 50 times more likely

Journalists handed orders to leave devastated city of Derna after hundreds join protest against flood response

Letters: Prof Janet Hooke describes the dangers of building a city on an alluvial fan and the vulnerability of such locations to extreme weather events. Plus letters from Susan Roaf and David O’Brien

After causing flood warnings in parts of the UK, ex-Hurricane Lee will subside and be replaced by ‘unsettled weather’ from Hurricane Nigel

After causing flood warnings in parts of the UK, ex-Hurricane Lee will subside and be replaced by ‘unsettled weather’ from Hurricane Nigel.

Floods like the one in Greece and Libya now ‘reasonably common’ due to climate crisis, study finds

Report says climate change made rainfall heavier but human factors turned extreme weather into humanitarian disaster

Torrential downpours sent muddy water racing through streets in Libya, Greece, Spain and Hong Kong in early September 2023, with thousands of deaths in the city of Derna, Libya. Zagora, Greece, saw a record 30 inches of rain, the equivalent of a year and a half of rain falling in…

The Met Office has issued two yellow weather alerts for Scotland as heavy rain and flooding expected in much of the country this week.