UN warns disease outbreak in Libya’s flooded east could spark ‘a second devastating crisis’
Some 11,300 city residents were killed and a further 10,000 people are missing, presumed dead, the country’s Red Crescent said. Haider al-Saeih, head of Libya’s Center for Combating Diseases, said in televised comments Saturday that at least 150 people suffered diarrhea after drinking contaminated water in Derna. Cyrene is one of five Libyan UNESCO World Heritage sites. Also Monday, UNESCO said it was concerned about the state of ruins of Cyrene, an ancient Greco-Roman city that lies roughly 37 miles east of Derna. Cyrene is one of five Libyan UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Source:Libya Today
September 18, 2023 16:51 UTC
Preventable flood? Experts in Libya warned of dam collapse for years.
Experts had long said that floods posed a significant danger to two dams meant to protect nearly 90,000 people in the northeast of Libya. They repeatedly called for immediate maintenance to the two structures, located just uphill from the coastal city of Derna. Neglect and corruption are rife in Libya, a country of about 7 million people that lies on a wealth of proven oil and natural gas reserves. The Derna dam, also known as Belad, is much closer to the city and could hold 1.5 million cubic meters of water. At a news conference in the stricken city, Mr.
Source:Libya Today
September 18, 2023 16:43 UTC
‘We’ll Start Digging Here’
A child's cloth doll, with yarn hair and red and gingham clothing, rests amid the rubble in Derna, Libya. After the 2011 France-owned and NATO-led overthrow of the Libyan government and subsequent civil war, Libya turned into what political analysts refer to as a failed state. A family of four, including children, stand on a hill as they look toward the destroyed city of Derna, Libya, with the sea on the horizon. El Hardi kneels next to his dog Rock, amid tangled piles of rubble, water, and some intact buildings, during their search in Derna, Libya. “We’ll start digging here.”
Source:Libya Today
September 18, 2023 16:32 UTC
3 members of Greek humanitarian mission in eastern Libya die in traffic accident
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Source:Libya Today
September 18, 2023 14:58 UTC
For a Divided Libya, Disastrous Floods Have Become a Rallying Cry for Unity
For 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. The oil-rich country has been divided between rival administrations since 2014, with an internationally recognized government in Tripoli and a rival authority in the east, where Derna is located. "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 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.
Source:Libya Today
September 18, 2023 14:44 UTC
5 things to know for Sept. 18: Lee aftermath, Government shutdown, Strikes, UN, Libya
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September 18, 2023 14:21 UTC
Bodies of 5 Greek military personnel killed in Libya flooding rescue effort are flown home
People look for survivors in Derna, Libya, Wednesday, Sept.13, 2023. Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings, and even the sea to look for bodies in Derna, where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed thousands of people.
Source:Libya Today
September 18, 2023 13:13 UTC
What's Climate Migration? A Straight Line From Libyan Floods To Lampedusa Chaos
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Source:Libya Today
September 18, 2023 12:36 UTC
Libya flood: after a week, families haunted by fate of the missing
A week after the flood that swept the centre of the city of Derna into the sea, families are still coping with the unbearable losses of their dead - and haunted by the unknown fates of the missing. The centre of Derna is a wasteland, with stray dogs standing listlessly on muddy mounds where buildings once stood. Western countries and regional states have sent teams of rescue workers and mobile hospitals. Five Greek rescue workers, including three members of the armed forces, were killed in a car crash on Sunday. "Contaminated water can lead to the spread of waterborne diseases, putting vulnerable populations, especially women and children, at increased risk."
Source:Libya Today
September 18, 2023 12:18 UTC
Missing Maine man found alive after being trapped in his truck in a mud pit for two days
A man from Sanford, Maine, was found after his pickup got stuck in a mud pit, trapping him inside for two days. Robert Brown, 65, was reported missing by his wife on Friday after he drove her to work 15 miles away in Rochester, New Hampshire, the day before. Authorities said they attempted to reach Brown's cellphone in Dover, but it had run out of battery. "This is more like an area ... to dump dredging and sand and dirt and things used by the city workers and things like that. Contributing: The Associated PressDevastation in Libya:Survivor recounts ‘terrifying sight’ after Derna floodsCybele Mayes-Osterman is a breaking news reporter for USA Today.
Source:Libya Today
September 18, 2023 12:08 UTC
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UAE mission races against time as NGO warns flooded Libya is 'days away from epidemic'
Many of the bodies you’ll see will also be stuck inside cars that were pulled into the sea." “We’re now just days away from an epidemic,” a medical source from the Libyan Red Crescent told The National. The UAE commander said it was vital "not to try to recover bodies from cars". Derna, Libya Bodies are being washed back into shore in Derna after last week's storm and flooding. "On orders of our wise leadership in the UAE, we’re here to help our brothers wherever they need it in the region,” one of the divers told The National on Monday.
Source:Libya Today
September 18, 2023 11:57 UTC
Drone footage shows destruction in Libya's Derna
STORY: Among the damaged buildings were Al Sahaba Mosque, one of the city's important mosques that remained standing but its interior floors were covered with mud and rubble. Thousands of people were killed after two dams above Derna broke on September 10 during a powerful storm, bringing down residential blocks lining a usually dry riverbed as people slept. Many bodies have been washed out to sea. Entire districts of Derna, with an estimated population of at least 120,000, were swept away or buried in mud. State media said at least 891 buildings had been destroyed in the city, whose mayor has said 20,000 people may have died.
Source:Libya Today
September 18, 2023 09:09 UTC
Libya Floods: TotalEnergies Mobilized to Support the People of Libya
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:Following the devastating floods in Libya last week, TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) answered Libya's National Oil Corporation's call for support from the very first hours of the tragedy. As of today, TotalEnergies has shipped nearly 50 tons of essential goods, comprising medical supplies, food parcels including baby food, personal hygiene kits and solar lamps. This production comes from the offshore Al Jurf field (TotalEnergies, 37.5%), the El Sharara onshore area (TotalEnergies, 15% on block ex-NC 115 and 12% on Block ex-NC 186) and the Waha fields (TotalEnergies, 20.41%). @TotalEnergies TotalEnergies TotalEnergies TotalEnergiesCautionary NoteThe terms “TotalEnergies”, “TotalEnergies company” or “Company” in this document are used to designate TotalEnergies SE and the consolidated entities that are directly or indirectly controlled by TotalEnergies SE. The entities in which TotalEnergies SE directly or indirectly owns a shareholding are separate legal entities.
Source:Libya Today
September 18, 2023 06:57 UTC
Storms are getting ‘stormier’, and wild-fires ‘wilder’
Before Greece and Libya, there was the earthquake in Turkey last March; and many other catastrophes. Storms seem to be getting ‘stormier’; and wild fires are getting ‘wilder’. According to a study by the EU – which corresponds to our own experience, here in Malta – 97% of wild-fires are actually caused by human intervention. To put that another way: when the earthquake struck Turkey, Malta sent out container-loads of equipment, and medical supplies, along with a team of rescuers. So yes: with all the assistance provided by the European CPD mechanism, we do have enough personnel, and expertise, to deal with even a large-scale emergency.
Source:Libya Today
September 18, 2023 06:32 UTC
Libya Floods: Death Toll Rises To 11300 In Derna
Libya Floods: 11,300 Dead In Derna; Rescuers Call For More HelpMission representatives from the UAE, Egypt, and Algeria claimed to find bodies in Mediterranean bays and coves only accessible by special boats. The death toll from the terrible floods in Derna is yet unknown. Its shoreline has become the primary staging place for delivering dead bodies and transferring them for burial. Two Derna volunteers on the spot said that 22 dead had arrived for burial on Saturday. On the seventh day after the flooding, the dead bodies are no longer distinguishable since they all "look the same," one volunteer told Jomana.
Source:Libya Today
September 18, 2023 06:15 UTC