The Latest Breaking News from Mediterranean

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.

Al Jazeera · Sep 15, 2023

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

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2023

Death toll soars to 11,300 from flooding in Libyan coastal city of Derna

Another 10,100 are reported missing from flooding caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel, the Libyan Red Crescent says.

WEKU · Sep 14, 2023

Thousands dead, missing as floods devastate eastern Libya

At least 2,200 people were killed in Libya and thousands more were reported missing after catastrophic flash floods broke river dams and tore through an eastern coastal city, devastating entire neighbourhoods.

France 24 · Sep 12, 2023

Greece's record rainfall and flash floods are part of a trend – across the Mediterranean, the weather is becoming more dangerous

Recent images of the devastating flash floods caused by Storm Daniel in Greece hit close to home literally and figuratively. As a Greek who has completed a PhD and worked for the past eight years on flash floods, the scenes unfolding across my homeland are painfully real: a stark reminder…

The Conversation · Sep 8, 2023

Lebanese premier warns Syrian refugees pose a danger to the small nation's balance

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister is warning that Syrian refugees could become a threat to the small Mediterranean nation’s delicate demographic and sectarian balance

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

What is a heat dome and will the UK be affected?

Some Mediterranean countries are experiencing hotter than usual weather due to the formation of ‘heat dome’

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2023

A tour of Savoie’s majestic Alpine lakes

Beloved of historical figures from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Queen Victoria and Paul Cézanne, the great Alpine lakes of France’s Pays de Savoie match the region’s towering peaks, including Mont Blanc, in their “still, silent majesty”, said Steve King in Condé Nast Traveller. A tour might begin beside the largest and…

The Week · Sep 3, 2023

Climate, migration and resistance in focus at French photojournalism festival

The Visa pour l'Image international festival of photojournalism kicks off on Saturday in Perpignan, in the south of France. The 35th edition will highlight the consequences of climate change, as well as migrant crises in the Mediterranean and South America, the war in Ukraine and uprisings in Iran.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 2, 2023

Mankind Might Have Walked Out Of Africa; A New Study Claims.

A new ape from nearly nine million years ago has been discovered in Turkey and is related to living African apes and humans

Zenger · Aug 29, 2023