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Many more children have also been affected due to lack of essential services, such as health, schooling and safe water supply, Xinhua news agency quoted Unicef as saying in a statement. While the number of children among the casualties is not yet confirmed, the UN body fears hundreds of children may have died in the disaster, given that children account for about 40 per cent of the population, it said. Significant damage to health and education infrastructure means children once again risk further disruption to their learning and the outbreak of deadly diseases.

BENGHAZI: Libya’s prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of four more officials, bringing to 12 the number held as part of an inquiry into this month’s flood that killed thousands. Flooding caused by hurricane-strength Storm Daniel tore through eastern Libya on Sept. 10, leaving at least 3,893 people dead and thousands more missing. The seaside city of Derna was the worst-hit in the flash flood, which witnesses likened to a tsunami. On Monday, the office ordered the arrest of eight officials, including Derna’s mayor who was sacked after the flood. On Friday, the eastern authorities said they would begin paying compensation to people affected by the disaster, which a UN agency has said uprooted more than 43,000 people.

QNATripoli: General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) held on Thursday bilateral talks with Libyan Civil Aviation Authority. Acting President of GCAA Mohamed Faleh Al Hajri chaired the Qatari side in the discussions, while Head of Libyan Civil Aviation Authority Dr. Mohammed Mohammed Shlebek presided over the Libyan side. Following the talks, the two sides signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the field of civil aviation. The MoU is part of joint efforts by both parties to deepen bilateral relations and put frameworks that contribute to developing ways of cooperation in the civil aviation sector, enhancing ways of cooperation in the field of security and safety, and exchanging experiences. Both sides also discussed many issues of common interest in the field of air transport.

The floods that hit the Libyan city of Derna were so severe that little attention was paid to the illegal migrants who were passing through the city on their way to Europe. The first victims were migrants who were in Derna at the time of the tragedy. The Derna region is a hunting ground for criminal organisations and militias regularly criticised by international NGOs for illegal activities, particularly human trafficking. This change of direction has been welcomed by Brussels, which has just agreed to allocate 67 million euros ($70.6m) to a Tunisian migration aid programme. It remains to be seen how the criminal organisations will react to this desire to regain control.

CAIRO (AP) — A Libyan coast guard boat rammed into a dingy carrying some 50 migrants just off Libya's coast on Friday, partially sinking the vessel. Sea-Watch said the Libyan coast guard then took the migrants aboard another ship, a coast guard frigate. From their twin-engine Seabird, Sea-Watch rescuers had repeatedly called on the Libyan coast guard to stop chasing the dingy, they said. A spokesmen from Libyan coast guard did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A civilian rescue ship Louise Michel arrived at the scene shortly afterward and asked to take the migrants, which the coast guard denied.

Here are some recent scenes, as international and local search and rescue teams and survivors continued the work of recovery. Amr Alfiky / Reuters / Reuters A person removes mud from a house after floods in Derna, Sept. 19. Amr Alfiky / Reuters / Reuters Workers move piles of mud and dirt outside a Derna mosque following fatal floods, Sept. 18. Amr Alfiky / Reuters / Reuters An Italian search and rescue team drops a boat during a search mission in Derna following fatal floods, Sept. 17. Amr Alfiky / Reuters / Reuters Search and rescue personnel work in Derna, Sept. 16.

The Food and Drug Control Centre has reported numerous medical violations at several health facilities in Sabha, south of Libya. The surveillance team found that expired medicines were being stocked within health facilities. Additionally, the Sabha Educational Centre for Fertility and Assisted Reproduction was found to have breached medical standards, as well as a newly established health centre. Legal procedures have already been initiated against the violators, who have been notified of the technical violations, the centre confirmed. The breachers received notification of the technical violations, and legal procedures are already underway, the centre added.

Flash floods in the port city destroyed roads and swept neighborhoods out to sea. Heavy rain from a cyclone in the Mediterranean inundated cities along the northeastern coast of Libya in early September 2023, causing thousands of deaths. The port city of Derna (Darnah), home to about 90,000 people, was one of the worst hit by the storm and suffered extensive flooding and damage. According to news reports, the flash floods destroyed roads and swept entire neighborhoods out to sea. The image below, acquired by Landsat 9’s Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2) on September 18, shows eroded banks of Wadi Derna near where it meets the Mediterranean.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with Washington Post columnist Ishaan Tharoor about who bears responsibility for the devastating flooding in eastern Libya. This article was originally published on WBUR.org. Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

The UAE’s humanitarian delegation has sent a dedicated disaster victim identification team to help identify the bodies of flood victims in Derna, Libya. The DVI unit sent a 26-strong team of Emiratis on Thursday with equipment and expertise to start the process of identifying the victims recovered from rubble or retrieved from flood waters. “We have sent a dedicated team made up of DNA, forensic anthropology, dental and crime scene forensic experts to Derna. A team from the UAE’s disaster victim identification unit in a meeting with Libyan officials in Derna. The disaster victim identification team from the UAE after arriving in Derna.

For thugs who dominate eastern Libya, however, even such basic displays of human decency are a struggle. They chanted slogans against Aguila Saleh, the head of Libya’s eastern parliament. But Mr Haftar cares little for upgrading Libya’s infrastructure. Never mind that Mr Haftar issued no such evacuation order: he is the saviour, the victims are the villains. That will not bother Khalifa Haftar, who runs eastern Libya as a military regime and has no interest in a fair vote.

STORY: Syrian teenager Ammar Kanaan had come to Libya to work and send money home. That's until the building and its residents were dragged away by the deadly floods of September 10. Ammar Kanaan's uncle Osama has come looking for his nephew following the devastation. "I tried to call Ammar and to text him, I tried through the internet, there was no way to reach him. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that when the floods hit, Derna was home to more than 8,000 migrants.

Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 21 (ANI/WAM): The UAE team of Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) arrived in Libya today. The deployment of the team, the first of their kind in the world to be in Derna following the natural disaster that hit the country recently, comes as part of the UAE's efforts to aid Libya in dealing with the aftermath of the floods caused by the heavy rains, resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries. Upon arrival, the team's leader Dr. Issa Ahmed Al Awadhi met with the Libyan ministers of health and interior, as well as a number of officials in Derna, to discuss the implementation plans for the identification process. The team includes a group of experts, specialists, and consultants in forensic medicine, dentistry, and DNA, equipped with advanced equipment and tools for dealing with mass fatalities. (ANI/WAM)Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Witnesses told Amnesty that protesters and other critics of the authorities were arrested. He was forcibly disappeared for three days before being released following interventions by a prominent Libyan Arab Armed Forces commander. From the onset of the crisis, journalists reported the need for security clearance and other access restrictions and interference in their work by Libyan Arab Armed Forces affiliates. Two Libyan journalists told Amnesty that local officials stopped and interrogated them on 14 September, before ordering them to leave the city. The Libyan Arab Armed ForcesThe Libyan Arab Armed Forces control and carry out government-like functions in Benghazi, Libya’s second-largest city, as well as large swathes of eastern and southern Libya.