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Aid starts to arrive in Libya but hopes of finding flood survivors fade

Shipments of international aid arrived in Libya on Saturday, offering a lifeline to thousands of people affected by devastating flash floods. But hopes of finding more survivors are dwindling.

Radio France Internationale

Libya floods: Death toll soars to 11,300, over 10,000 listed missing

The death toll in Derna, a coastal city in Libya, has risen to 11,300 as search efforts continue in the wake of a catastrophic flood caused by the breaching of two dams after heavy rains, Al Jazeera reported citing The Libyan Red Crescent. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Libya floods: Bodies still washing up on the shores around Derna as investigation opened over dam collapse

More than 10,000 people are thought to be missing following the flood

Evening Standard

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‘Disaster of epic proportions’: Libya prosecutor probes deadly dam collapse

Derna city ‘smells like death’ as rescuers try to reach thousands of survivors trapped without water, food, and shelter.

Al Jazeera

Libya probes the collapse of two dams after flooding devastated an eastern city, killing over 11,000

Libya’s top prosecutor says he has opened an investigation into the collapse of two dams that caused a devastating flood in a coastal city

The Independent UK

'Medicane' storms to increase as climate change heats Mediterranean

The flash flood that killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed a "medicane" – a rare but destructive weather phenomenon that scientists believe will intensify in a warming world.

Radio France Internationale

Dozens of Syrians are among the missing in catastrophic floods in Libya, a war monitor says

A war monitoring group says that dozens of Syrians who fled war at home are among the thousands killed and missing in the deadly flooding in Libya

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Libya flood: international aid arrives as authorities open investigation

WHO says aid to help 250,000 people has arrived in Benghazi as death toll estimated at more than 11,000

The Guardian - UK

Aid groups sound alarm in Libya as hopes of finding more survivors dwindle

Aid groups have warned of growing risk posed by the spread of disease that could compound the humanitarian crisis in Libya, as hopes of finding more survivors fade days after deadly flooding.

France 24

Survivors of Libya's deadly floods describe catastrophic scenes and tragic losses

"They have seen death, not just in their families but within themselves as well," a Libyan doctor tells NPR. "Their souls are crushed, their hope is lost. How can you come back from such a thing?"

WEKU

Libya dam collapse: engineering expert raises questions about management

More than 11,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands are missing following the catastrophic collapse of two dams in the eastern Libyan city of Derna. The dam collapse came after an extreme storm, Storm Daniel, slammed into the north African country. The Conversation Africa’s Moina Spooner asked water…

The Conversation

Flood-ravaged Libya city of Derna faces health crisis from thousands of corpses

‘We should be afraid of an epidemic’ says worried survivor

The Independent UK

‘Desert turned into a sea’: Eastern Libya flood survivors recount horror

Survivors of floods that struck eastern Libya tell Al Jazeera they remain without aid and struggle to find loved ones.

Al Jazeera

Libyan authorities seal off most of flood-hit Derna in effort to limit deaths

Only emergency workers to be allowed into devastated area over fears of contamination from dead bodies in limited water supply

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The Independent UK

They worked for years in Libya. Now an Egyptian village mourns scores of its men killed in flooding

An Egyptian village is mourning dozens of its men killed in the horrific floodwaters that tore through the city of Derna in neighboring Libya

The Conversation

Libya flood disaster: scale of the catastrophe must bring the two warring factions together

A century ago, the coastal city of Derna was well known for picture-perfect beaches, palm trees and whitewashed villas mainly inhabited by Libya’s Italian colonial occupiers. Today, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel, which brought 400mm of rain to the region, overwhelming two dams and sweeping millions of tons of…

The Conversation

Libya floods: why cash is the best way to help get humanitarian aid to people affected by disasters

The heavy rainfall that hit Libya during Storm Daniel caused two dams and four bridges to collapse in the coastal city of Derna, submerging most of the city in floodwater and claiming thousands of lives.

Salon

Libyan floods fueled by climate change

Cyclone Daniel caused two dams to fail in Derna but the storm was supercharged by a warming planet, scientists say

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The Guardian - UK

Libya and Morocco: two very different responses to catastrophe

The aftermath of an earthquake in Morocco and flooding in Libya has shown up the state of the two nations

Al Jazeera

Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya’s coastal city of Derna

A further 10,100 people are reported missing in Libya’s Mediterranean city after a storm caused devastating flooding.

Evening Standard

Libya floods: Derna closed off as search teams look for over 10,000 missing after flood deaths rise to 11,300

Libyan authorities blocked civilians from entering the city of Derna on Friday so search teams could look for more than 10,000 people still missing after the catastrophic floods.

The Independent UK

Libyan city closed off as searchers look for 10,100 missing after flood deaths rise to 11,300

Libyan authorities blocked civilians from entering the flood-stricken eastern city of Derna on Friday so search teams could look through the mud and wrecked buildings for 10,100 people still missing after the known toll rose to 11,300 dead

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: What explains Libya and Morocco’s very different responses to catastrophe?

In today’s newsletter: The two north African nations, separated by only 2,000km, have had very different responses to their flooding and earthquake – and civilians are losing out

Radio France Internationale

Rescue teams in Libya's flood-hit Derna search for thousands still missing

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 of Derna, killing at least 4,000 people.

The Guardian - AU

What are medicanes? The ‘supercharged’ Mediterranean storms that could become more frequent

The flash flood that has killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed the ‘medicane’ storm Daniel

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