The Latest Breaking News from Libya

Scientists say climate change made the devastating storm along the Libyan coast up to 50 times more likely and 50% more intense

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

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…

Media crackdown follows reports that police officers had detained and questioned Libyan reporters

Hundreds of protesters rallied in Libya's disaster-hit Derna on Monday, accusing the authorities of neglect after a huge flash flood devastated the coastal city and swept thousands to their deaths, with the United Nations warning that disease outbreaks could bring "a second devastating crisis".

After an all-too-avoidable calamity, how to assist survivors from Libya’s dam bursts without lining the pockets of those who failed? As the UN estimates the death toll from the Derna disaster at 4,000 killed and another 9,000 missing, we ask about the years of neglect, the unheeded warning signs that…

Warnings about the condition of the vital dams was ignored

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya has warned that an outbreak of diseases in the country's northeast, where floods have killed over 11,000 people, could create “a second devastating crisis,” with Libyan authorities reporting the spread of diarrhea among over 100 people who drank contaminated water

Eight days after the Libyan city was devastated by floods the death toll has passed 11,300 but there are some miraculous tales of survival