Four members of a Greek rescue team en route to the flood-ravaged city of Derna and three members of a Libyan family were killed in a road accident on Sunday, the health minister for the Libyan eastern government said. Fifteen of the Greek rescue team were injured, including seven in a critical condition, Othman Abduljaleel told a televised news conference. According to a diplomatic source, the Greek rescue team had 16 members plus three interpreters. Later Sunday, Greece’s General National Defense Staff (GEETHA) released the following statement:“We announce that three members of the Greek humanitarian mission to Libya lost their lives and two are missing. The Foreign Ministry had released the following statement before the fatalities were announced:“The Greek mission that went to provide humanitarian aid in Libya had a car accident today during its road trip to the city of Derna.

Now there’s nothing left but devastationAcross the eastern Libyan city of Derna, thousands died and thousands more are still missing after a catastrophic flood hit the city. CopiedVolunteers in hazmat suits scan the sea for dead bodies in Derna. (Sarah Sirgany/CNN)Across the eastern Libyan city of Derna, thousands died and thousands more are still missing after a catastrophic flood hit the city in the early hours of Sunday. Almost all they find are dead bodies and more are believed to be under the heaps of crumbled cement. “This valley was a paradise full of pomegranate trees,” one volunteer says as she waits for next drop off of bodies.

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DERNA, LIBYA: A week after a tsunami-sized flash flood devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the international aid effort to help the grieving survivors slowly gathered pace Sunday. Libyan officials and humanitarian organisations have warned that the final toll could be much higher with thousands still missing. The massive flood came as Libya was lashed on September 10 by the hurricane-strength Storm Daniel, which had earlier brought deadly floods to Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria. The aid being sent to Libya includes water, food, tents, blankets, hygiene kits, medicines and emergency surgical supplies as well as heavy machinery to help clear the debris, and more body bags. The scale of the devastation in Derna and surrounding areas has prompted shows of solidarity across divided Libya, as volunteers in Tripoli have collected aid for the flood victims.

By Euronews with APFor many Libyans, the collective grief over the more than 11,000 dead has morphed into a rallying cry for national unity in a country blighted by 12 years of conflict and division. Rescue teams search for victims in Derna, Libya, on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. "The wound or pain of what happened in Derna hurt all the people from western Libya to southern Libya to eastern Libya,” he said. Gen. Khalifa Hifter’s forces besieged Tripoli in a yearlong failed military campaign to try to capture the capital, killing thousands. “The next flood will be over them.”The tragedy follows a long line of problems born from the country’s lawlessness.

More than 11,000 people have been killed by devastating floods in Libya, with more than 10,000 still missing and survivors now facing the threat of waterborne diseases. “It doesn’t mean the dead bodies pose a risk, but it does mean that the water itself is contaminated by everything. International relief organizations are scrambling to get supplies to survivors of last week’s devastating floods in Libya. REUTERSRescue teams assist in relief work in Libya’s eastern city of Derna September 17, 2023 following deadly flash floods. AFP via Getty Images“We have no water and no resources.”The response to the devastating floods has brought uncommon unity to the politically divided country.

DERNA, Libya: Libyan authorities have opened an investigation into the collapse of two dams that caused a devastating flood in a coastal city as rescue teams searched for bodies, nearly a week after the deluge killed more than 11,000 people. Heavy rains caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel caused deadly flooding across eastern Libya last weekend. The floods overwhelmed two dams, sending a wall of water several meters high through the centre of Derna, destroying entire neighbourhoods and sweeping people out to sea. Since 2014, eastern Libya has been under the control of Libyan National Army chief General Khalifa Haftar. But there was no warning about the dams, which collapsed early Monday as most residents were asleep in their homes.

CAIRO : At least 11,300 people have died and another 10,100 are missing from the coastal city of Derna one week after Storm Daniel hit northeastern Libya, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported on Saturday. An estimated 170 people have been killed as a result of the flooding elsewhere in the country, and more than 40,000 people have been displaced, the UN report said, citing the latest data from International Organizaton for Migration. Figures are expected to rise as search-and-rescue efforts continue to look for survivors. (Writing by Adam Makary. Editing by Jane Merriman)

A week after a tsunami-sized flash flood devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the international aid effort gained pace on Sunday to help the grieving survivors. Amid the chaos, the true death toll remained unknown, with untold numbers feared swept into the sea. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Sunday that the eventual death toll from Derna alone could be as high as 11,300, with another 10,100 missing. The massive flood came as Libya was lashed on September 10 by the hurricane-strength Mediterranean Storm Daniel, which had earlier brought deadly floods to Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria. The scale of the devastation in Derna and surrounding areas has prompted shows of solidarity across divided Libya, as volunteers in Tripoli have collected aid for the flood victims.

Authorities in Libya have opened an investigation into the collapse of two dams that led to the deaths of more than 11,000 people. More than 10,000 people are still missing.Sept.

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Russia said it has sent 35 emergency doctors and humanitarian aid to eastern Libya, after the country was hit by unprecedented flooding a week ago. Around 35 employees of Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations will provide medical assistance to the population affected by the floods," said the ministry in a statement on Saturday. A mobile hospital has already been sent by Russia with operating theatres and an intensive care unit. The 35 physicians will provide "qualified medical assistance" to "up to 100 people" per day at the site, the ministry said. Two dams upstream from Derna, a city of about 100,000 people in the northeast of Libya, burst last week when hurricane-strength Storm Daniel struck the country, triggering tsunami-like flooding.

Search and rescue workers walk among rubble and signs of destruction following fatal floods in Derna, Libya. Before the dams were built, Derna was hit by a series of significant floods from the river in the mid-20th century. According to the Libyan prosecutor, those responsible for managing dams in Libya had reported cracks in both of them as early as 1998. ‘Procrastination’In 2007, Kadhafi's government entrusted repair work to a Turkish company. In a 2021 report from the Libyan audit bureau, officials criticised "procrastination" on resuming repair work on the two dams.

For many Libyans, the collective grief over the more than 11,000 dead has morphed into a rallying cry for national unity in a countryblighted by 12 years of conflict and division. At least 11,300 people were killed and a further 30,000 displaced.An outpouring of support for the people of Derna followed. "The wound or pain of what happened in Derna hurt all the people from western Libya to southern Libya to eastern Libya,” he said. The Prime Minister of Libya’s Tripoli government, Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, said he and his ministers were accountable for the dams' maintenance, but not the thousands of deaths caused by the flooding. Meanwhile, the speaker of Libya’s eastern administration, Aguila Saleh, said the flooding was simply an incomparable natural disaster.