October 2, 2023
In the days after much of the coastal city of Derna, Libya, was washed away by devastating floods, Mahbuba Khalifa wrote a poem to honor her hometown, known by Libyans as the “city of poets.” I used to carry your great legacy in my conscience and on my shoulders, and I walked with arrogant pride
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Protesters changing “Libya! Libya!” called on authorities to expedite their investigation into the disaster, for the UN to set up an office in Derna, for the urgent reconstruction of the city and for compensation for those affected by the flood. Officials warned Monday that a disease outbreak in Libya’s northeast, where floods have killed thousands,
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Updated: 17/09/2023 – 22:24 Fifty emergency workers from the Russian Emergency Services started working in the Libyan city of Derna on Sunday Fifty emergency workers from the Russian Emergency Services started working in the Libyan city of Derna on Sunday The Russian emergency workers will supervise local search teams and examine the most difficult areas
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Engineers blame years of neglect for the failure of the two dams above Derna. Libyan authorities limited access to the flooded city of Derna on Friday to make it easier for searchers to dig through the mud and hollowed-out buildings for the more than 10,000 people still missing and presumed dead following a disaster that
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Updated: 16/09/2023 – 12:12 Volunteers digging through mud and rubble in Libya’s eastern city of Derna continued finding bodies on Friday, almost a week after a powerful storm unleashed catastrophic flooding that tore through the coastal city. Volunteers digging through mud and rubble in Libya’s eastern city of Derna continued finding bodies on Friday, almost a
READ MOREThe Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday that the death toll from floods in Libya’s eastern Libyan city of Derna has soared to 11,300, as search efforts continue, Marie el-Drese, Secratery General of aid group, told the Associated Press by phone that a further 10,100 are reported missing in the coastal city. The flooding, fed by
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The death toll in Libya’s coastal city of Derna has soared to 11,300 as search efforts continue following a massive flood fed by the breaching of two dams in heavy rains, the Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday. Marie el-Drese, the aid group’s secretary-general, told The Associated Press by phone that a further 10,100 people are
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The death toll from Sunday’s violent flood in Libya’s eastern city of Derna surpassed 5,100 on Wednesday, according to a health official. The death toll from a violent flood in Libya’s eastern city of Derna has risen to more than 5,100, a health official said on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT Teams of volunteers have been working around
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Updated: 13/09/2023 – 13:33 Overturned cars litter the seafront in Derna, the eastern Libyan city hardest hit by devastating flooding when two dams burst following heavy rain. Overturned cars litter the seafront in Derna, the eastern Libyan city hardest hit by devastating flooding when two dams burst following heavy rain. The startling death and devastation
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