What we know about the floods that killed thousands in Libya
Sep 13, 2023 · Emergency teams are working to find survivors and retrieve bodies after a massive flood hit Libya’s northeast three days ago, killing at least 11,000 people and leaving 10,000 missing.
Libya floods: death toll passes 5,100. Follow the latest | AP News
Sep 14, 2023 · DERNA, Libya (AP) — Search teams combed streets, wrecked buildings and even the sea Wednesday to look for bodies in a coastal Libyan city where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed at least 5,100 people.
More than 5,000 presumed dead in Libya after catastrophic flooding …
Sep 11, 2023 · CNN — More than 5,000 people are presumed dead and 10,000 missing after heavy rains in northeastern Libya caused two dams to collapse, surging more water into already inundated areas.
Why were the Libya floods so deadly? - NBC News
Thousands of people were killed, with thousands more missing in devastating floods that hit Libya's Derna after Storm Daniel, fueled by civil war, corruption, climate change and neglect.
Libya floods death toll soars to 11,300 in Derna as search efforts ...
Sep 15, 2023 · The Libyan Red Crescent says that the death toll from floods in the eastern Libyan city of Derna has soared to 11,300. The Secretary General of the aid group says a further 10,100 people are reported missing in the coastal city.
Libya floods: Search on for missing as deaths rise to 11,300.
Sep 15, 2023 · Libyan authorities have limited access to the flooded coastal city of Derna 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 has already claimed more than 11,000 lives.
Libya floods: Entire neighbourhoods dragged into the sea - BBC
Sep 12, 2023 · Rescue teams in Libya are struggling to retrieve the bodies of victims that have been swept out to sea in tsunami-like flood waters. At least 2,300 have been killed, according to the...
Libya floods: Bodies being found in sea one week after disaster
Sep 16, 2023 · The BBC has been told that bodies are still washing up from the sea in Derna, a week after massive flash floods in Libya. There are fears for survivors in the city of Derna with not enough...
Libya floods: what caused them and why are they so bad?
Sep 14, 2023 · A catastrophic flood has killed thousands of people in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, sweeping away entire neighbourhoods with their residents and washing many bodies out to sea.
Libya floods: Why damage to Derna was so catastrophic
Sep 13, 2023 · The Derna flooding death toll could reach 20,000 according to the city's mayor. Entire neighbourhoods disappeared into the sea as a huge tsunami-like torrent of water swept the port city in ...