(Video: Derna Zoom/Facebook) October 5, 2023 at 3:00 a.m. EDT Comment on this storyComment The rains lashing Derna gave residents a sense of comfort as night fell on Sept. 10. Windows steamed up as dinners warmed on stovetops. Children curled up with their parents and watched cartoons long past their bedtimes. A 30-year-old store owner, … Read more
CAIRO — The warnings had been clear however went unheeded. Consultants had lengthy mentioned that floods posed a big hazard to 2 dams meant to guard almost 90,000 individuals within the northeast of Libya. They repeatedly referred to as for rapid upkeep to the 2 constructions, positioned simply uphill from the coastal metropolis of Derna. … Read more
In Derna, town on the coast of Libya all however swept away by flooding on Sept. 11, the surging complexities of local weather change mixed to devastating impact with the cussed realities of fractious politics. The 11,300 individuals who three days later had been identified to be useless—and nevertheless many be part of the toll … Read more
CAIRO — Rescue groups in jap Libya have retrieved a whole bunch of our bodies from the rubble in a coastal metropolis that has been inundated by devastating floods, a humanitarian company stated Tuesday. Authorities estimated that as many as 2,000 individuals are believed useless within the metropolis of Derna. Mediterranean storm Daniel brought about … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment A strong storm that unleashed torrential rain and excessive flooding throughout northeastern Libya has devastated communities on its Mediterranean shoreline, inflicting widespread injury and an unknown variety of fatalities, notably within the port metropolis of Derna. Authorities within the east declared Derna a catastrophe zone Monday after floodwaters burst by way … Read more