Functioning weather service may have prevented Libya flood casualties: WMO WMO boss says many people could have been saved if divided country had a normally operating meteorological service. Al Jazeera · Sep 14, 2023
Middle East Roundup: Disaster in North Africa – Morocco quake, Libya floods Morocco’s deadly quake, Libya’s deadly floods, 30 years since Oslo Accords – here’s the Middle East this week. Al Jazeera · Sep 14, 2023
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama offers condolences to families who lost their loved ones in Libya floods Tibetan spiritual leader the 14th Dalai Lama on Wednesday prayed for the families who have lost their lives in the floods in Libya. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Sep 14, 2023
International aid effort stepped up as Libya searches for flood victims A dozen countries including France have stepped up their aid campaigns to help Libya, where significant flooding caused by storm Daniel has left thousands dead and injured and many more missing. Radio France Internationale · Sep 14, 2023
Libya floods: 'Every time they pick up debris, they uncover more bodies' As the number of flood victims continues to climb in Libya, survivors from devastated towns in the northeast are still waiting to be rescued. Access to phone and internet networks has been cut off by the immense damage caused by the storm. Our Observer, a resident of Derna, the town… France 24 · Sep 14, 2023
How to support Storm Daniel flood victims in Libya Eastern Libya is devastated by floods that killed about 6,000 people and displaced 30,000. Here’s how to help. Al Jazeera · Sep 14, 2023
Libyans call for inquiry as fury grows over death toll from catastrophic floods Attorney general asked to investigate amid allegations warnings ignored about dangerous state of two dams The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023
UK: Critical for Libya’s rival factions to work together after deadly floods Foreign Office minister David Rutley highlighted reports suggesting the death toll could reach 20,000. The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023
The Egyptian village that lost nearly 100 men in the Libya floods At least 70 men from village of al-Sharif in Egypt’s Beni Suef province died in Libya’s Derna that was struck by floods. Al Jazeera · Sep 14, 2023
First Thing: Appeals for body bags amid fears of epidemic after Libya floods Up to 20,000 people feared dead after devastating floods. Plus, Mitt Romney attacks Trump in resignation announcement The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023
Libya: Death toll from devastating floods in the country mounts to 5,500 On Sunday, a Mediterranean storm made landfall in eastern Libya, triggering floods and causing extensive damage to infrastructure along its path. Read further on Dynamite Niws: Dynamite News · Sep 14, 2023
Rival governments cooperate to aid Libya’s flood victims as misery piles on Domestic efforts to aid survivors are on despite political fractions, as focus is on accessing people in need. Al Jazeera · Sep 14, 2023
Libya buries thousands after deadly floods that killed at least 5,100 The Libyan city of Derna has buried thousands of people in mass graves as search teams scoured the area after devastating floods that killed at least 5,100 people, a health official said Thursday The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023
Before and after: satellite images show Libyan city devastated by flood Satellite images of Derna after the flash flood show coastal neighbourhoods almost entirely submerged The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023
The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023 Whole families drowned in a Libyan city's flood. The only warning was the sound of the dams bursting The wall of water several stories high smashed into apartment buildings, drowning entire families in minutes
Evening Standard · Sep 14, 2023 Libya floods: King and Queen ‘desperately saddened’ amid fears up to 20,000 have died Mayor of Derna estimated between 18,000 and 20,000 people could have died based on the number of wiped-out districts in the city
France 24 · Sep 14, 2023 Global aid effort intensifies for Libya after catastrophic floods A global effort to assist stricken Libya gathered pace Thursday after a tsunami-like flood killed nearly 4,000 people and left thousands missing. The mobilisation comes after the mayor of the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna said the death toll in the stricken city could reach 20,000.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2023 Libya floods: appeals for body bags amid fears of disease ‘epidemic’ Mayor of flood-hit city of Derna calls for body-recovery teams as international aid starts to arrive
WEKU · Sep 13, 2023 An inside account of devastation and survival in the Libya floods Huda Akram is a doctor based in Benghazi, Libya, whose family hails from Derna. She spoke to NPR on Wednesday, describing the harrowing scenes and what is happening now.
The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023 King and Queen ‘desperately saddened’ by ‘horrific’ Libya floods Storm Daniel hit the coastal city of Derna and other eastern parts of the North African country on Sunday.
Al Jazeera · Sep 13, 2023 Death toll in Libya’s Derna flooding could reach 20,000: Mayor Thousands remain missing after flooding from Storm Daniel wreaks havoc in the eastern city of Derna.
WEKU · Sep 13, 2023 Climate change exacerbates deadly floods worldwide Climate change makes deadly floods, like what happened in Libya, more likely. Floods in China, Greece and Brazil in recent weeks underscore the growing danger.
France 24 · Sep 13, 2023 Libya’s deadly dam collapse was decades in the making With thousands of people dead and tens of thousands more left homeless by floods as a storm burst through the dams next to the east Libyan city of Derna, FRANCE 24 looks back at the years of violence and neglect that left the city ill-prepared for the unprecedented natural disasters…
The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2023 The Guardian view on Libya’s floods: humans, not just nature, caused this disaster Editorial: Much of the eastern city of Derna has disappeared. The lethal failures of the country’s authorities must bear much of the blame
The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023 ‘Washed out to sea’: Heartbreak of man who lost 32 family members in Libya floods as death toll could hit 20,000 ‘I see the ruin, the destruction, the misery and the smell of death. Derna is now a dead city’