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Haftar’s sons rise in Libya’s east, bringing ‘corruption, death, destruction’

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.

France 24

Left behind and grieving, survivors of Libya floods call for accountability

Thousands of Libyans have lost family members, friends and neighbors in the devastating floods that engulfed the country's east

The Independent UK

Libyan floods worsened by climate change

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

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Libya: Protesters torch mayor’s home in Derna as grief turns to anger over catastrophic flood

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

The Independent UK

How Libya’s floods hit the worst place at the worst time

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

The Guardian - UK

Climate change made storm that devastated Libya far more likely and intense, scientists say

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

The Independent UK

Climate crisis made devastating Libya flooding ‘50 times more likely’

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

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Global heating made Greece and Libya floods more likely, study says

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

The Guardian - UK

Libya floods made up to 50 times more likely by climate change, study suggests

It also combined with poor maintenance of the broken dams and because the city is built on floodplains, exposing thousands of homes.

The Independent UK

Confusion as some journalists asked to leave Libya’s flood-hit Derna

Derna authorities say there are so many journalists in the city that they pose an obstacle to the work of rescue teams.

Al Jazeera

Libya dam collapse: engineering expert raises questions about management

The Conversation Africa’s Moina Spooner asked water resources and engineering expert Nadhir Al-Ansari, who has researched the design and safety of dams, to provide insights into the Libya dam collapse disaster.

The Hindu

As extreme downpours trigger flooding around the world, scientists take a closer look at global warming's role

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 Conversation

Eastern Libya orders journalists out of flood-hit Derna after protests

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

The Guardian - UK

Protests erupt in Libya’s flood-hit Derna as UN flags threat of disease outbreak

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".

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Libya's avoidable tragedy: What consequences after Derna dam disaster?

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…

Evening Standard

Expert warnings about dams in Libya ignored for years before floods, says prosecutor

Warnings about the condition of the vital dams was ignored

The Independent UK

UN warns disease outbreak in Libya's flooded east could spark 'a second devastating crisis'

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

The Guardian - UK

‘I never thought we would survive’: Derna after the deluge

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

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Al Jazeera

The Libyan journalists providing information in chaos

With local media failing to deliver information, independent Libyan reporters cover the dam disaster on their own.

The Independent UK

Bodies of 5 Greek military personnel killed in Libya flooding rescue effort are flown home

Greece’s armed forces have declared three days of national mourning after five members of a military rescue team were killed in a road accident in flood-hit Libya

Al Jazeera

Libya floods: Conflicting death tolls, Greek aid workers die in crash

The city of Derna in eastern Libya is still digging out and counting the dead after floods struck more than a week ago.

The Independent UK

Watch live: Aftermath of catastrophic Libyan floods as death toll reaches more than 11,000

Watch a live view of the devastating aftermath of floods in Libya on Monday, 18 September, as the death toll reaches more than 11,000.

The Independent UK

In corrupt Libya, longtime warnings of the collapse of the Derna dams went unheeded

For years, experts had warned that floods posed a significant danger to two dams protecting nearly 90,000 people in northeastern Libya

Evening Standard

Death toll in Libya flooding rises to 11,300 as rescuers continue to dig for survivors

The UN has warned that the figures for the dead are likey to rise in the coming days

The Independent UK

Auto collision kills 4 Greek rescue workers dispatched to flood-stricken Libya, health minister says

Libya' health minister says four Greek rescue workers dispatched to Libya following devastating flooding in the eastern city of Derna were killed in an automobile collision

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