Libya floods: Collective grief morphs into a rallying cry for unity
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.
Source:Libya Today
September 17, 2023 15:50 UTC
Death toll from Libyan floods tops 11K, threat of waterborne illnesses looms
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.
Source:Libya Today
September 17, 2023 15:42 UTC
Libya investigates dams’ collapse that swept people out to sea
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.
Source:Libya Today
September 17, 2023 15:19 UTC
Death toll from floods reaches 11,300 in Libya's coastal city of Derna
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)
Source:Libya Today
September 17, 2023 14:49 UTC
One week after Libya flood, aid effort gains pace
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.
Source:Libya Today
September 17, 2023 14:18 UTC
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Source:Libya Today
September 17, 2023 13:41 UTC
Death toll expected to rise after floods in Libya
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Source:Libya Today
September 17, 2023 13:20 UTC
Russia Sends Doctors, Aid to Flood-Stricken Libya
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.
Source:Libya Today
September 17, 2023 13:00 UTC
Libya dams, that triggered floods, had decades-old cracks: Official
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.
Source:Libya Today
September 17, 2023 12:16 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 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.
Source:Libya Today
September 17, 2023 12:03 UTC
Devastation in Libya’s Derna ‘heart-wrenching’: UN envoy
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Source:Libya Today
September 17, 2023 12:00 UTC
Libya Floods: Tens Of Thousands Dead And Missing After Libya Floods
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2caIQuAt_w&w=560&h=315] Thousands are dead and many more are still missing after collapsed dams caused catastrophic flooding in northern Libya. Stay Tuned To Indian Express For More Updates Watch Out Our Weekly Shows: 🡆 UPSC Essentials- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuhtH8j4stw&list=PLrDg7LoYgk9wBTnLuSQmbj1_6U1K6IOYI 🡆HarshTag India- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo8c1Nc7S8Q&list=PLrDg7LoYgk9xInl3lu8-G0_Y_mopDdit5 🡆 Political Pulse - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrDg7LoYgk9yWQFKrxgIIWgWV-Mbq2jwC 🡆 Express Explained In 60 Seconds - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrDg7LoYgk9wf6MYiN9rR3zN3f-lWmfaS 🡆 Zero Hour with Derek O' Brien - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrDg7LoYgk9w95L5sHxAhGVlNgsRFhMHq 🡆 Indian Express Explained - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrDg7LoYgk9y8Wm50M57nutw5usWUkb-k
Source:Libya Today
September 17, 2023 11:35 UTC
Libyan flood survivors weigh water shortages against landmine risk
Hamad Awad sat on a blanket on an empty street with a bottle of water and bedding alongside him. "I am staying in our area trying to clean it and trying to verify who is missing," he said. Entire districts of Derna, with an estimated population of at least 120,000, were swept away or buried in brown mud. It cited the Libyan Red Crescent for the figure but a Libyan Red Crescent spokesman said it had not published a toll and referred Reuters to government spokespeople, saying "figures are changing and the Red Crescent is not responsible for this." Civil protection workers from Algeria combed through the rubble of multistorey buildings with a dog to help detect any survivors.
Source:Libya Today
September 17, 2023 11:29 UTC
Aid arrives as Libya copes with flooding aftermath
Aid arrives as Libya copes with flooding aftermathTunisian emergency teams recover a body during relief work in Libya's devastated city of Derna. DERNA (LIBYA) - A week after a wall of water rushed through the Libyan city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the focus turned Sunday to caring for survivors of the disaster. Aid is now arriving in the North African country as the world mobilises to help emergency services cope with the aftermath of the deadly flood. Around 9,000 people are still missing after what the WHO's Libya representative Ahmed Zouiten called "a disaster of epic proportions". The aid includes essential medicines and emergency surgical supplies, as well as body bags to allow corpses to be moved.
Source:Libya Today
September 17, 2023 10:41 UTC