Libyan Floods

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Hopes fade for survivors in Libya floodzone

Rescue teams in the eastern Libyan city of Derna continue to search for survivors, but 10 days after two dams collapsed in a storm, hopes are beginning to fade, and political differences are worsening the situation.

Al Jazeera

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Libyans stage mass protest after historic floods

Hundreds of people have protested in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, venting anger against authorities and demanding accountability a week after a flood killed thousands and destroyed entire neighborhoods. Protesters on Monday took aim...

Al Jazeera

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Libyan UNESCO World Heritage sites threatened by floods

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya warned that an outbreak of diseases in the country's northeast, where floods have killed over 11,000 people, could create “a second devastating crisis”. The floods have also raised concerns abo...

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Libya's public health emergency, flooded areas at risk

The aid charity said the disaster has contaminated water sources - leaving thousands without access to clean drinking water. It also warned at least 55 children have become sick in the city of Derna. Dams above the city burst in a storm...

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Mass graves risk contaminating water supply in Libya

Rescue workers are struggling to identify decomposing bodies in the city of Derna. The city was devastated a week ago after two dams collapsed following heavy rains. Thousands of people were killed and 10,000 are still missing. There are...

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International search crews join Libya effort

Rescue teams from around the world including Russia, Algeria, and Jordan continue to comb through the rubble of damaged buildings in search of survivors a week after an inland-tsunami hit the city of Derna.

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Libya flood death toll rises to 11,300 in Derna

The death toll has risen to 11,300 in Libya, after two dams broke in the coastal city of Derna last week, causing massive flooding. As aid teams try to recover what's left of the city, residents are making the heart-wrenching choice of w...

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Ten thousand still missing, a week on from Libyan floods

Aid and recovery efforts are underway the Libyan coastal city of Derna one week after floods caused thousands of deaths and widespread destruction. The UN says at least 10,100 people are still missing in the devastated city.

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Images show extent of Derna destruction

Bodies are still washing up on the shore nearly a week after devastating floods Libya. And as aid starts to arrive in the country, most of it is yet to reach the hardest-hit port city of Derna, where thousands are feared dead.

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Libya struggles to cope with devastation

Residents and rescue workers in the devastated Libyan city of Derna are struggling to cope with the thousands of corpses washing up or decaying under rubble, after a flood that smashed down buildings and swept people to sea.

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International aid arrives in flood-hit Libya

Help arrives to search for survivors, bodies and bury the dead in flood-stricken Derna from inside and outside of Libya. The tragedy has managed to unite a country divided by warlords and factions.

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Libya floods: At least 20% of residents 'dead or missing'

The inland tsunami that hit the Libyan city of Derna has claimed at least twenty per cent of the total population, with thousands dead or missing. The locals that remain are coming to grips with damage and destruction caused to their com...

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Libya death toll soars as search efforts continue

Emergency teams have stepped up their search for the thousands still posted as missing from the tsunami-sized flash flood that swept the Libyan port city of Derna, killing at least 11,300 people.

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Libya's Derna burying the dead in mass graves

Authorities in the Libyan city of Derna have been burying the dead in mass graves. The official death toll stands at over 5 thousand, but that number is expected to rise substantially with over 9 thousand people still missing. UN agencie...

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Flood disaster brings Libya closer

The disaster is bringing people together across Libya. The country is ruled by two rival governments. But many people are putting political divisions aside - to help those affected by the floods.

Al Jazeera

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Libya races to recover bodies as death toll tops 5,000

In Libya, international aid has reached devastated areas in support of local rescue teams. This after massive flash floods over the weekend, which authorities say, killed over 5 thousand people, with 10 thousand still missing and tens of...

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Aid arriving in Libya as death toll exceeds 5,000

Rescue crews are racing to find and save any survivors in Derna after roughly a quarter of the Libyan city was washed away by floodwaters. The city's mayor says the death toll could eventually reach 20,000.

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International aid begins to arrive in Libya

Libya's worst natural disaster in decades has now killed more than five thousand people and left the port city of Derna in ruins. And with at least 10,000 people missing, that death toll is expected to rise. Countries around the world ar...

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Libyan flood toll now above 5,000

Libyans have started burying those killed in the Tsunami-like flood disaster in the eastern city of Derna. More than 5,000 people have died and at least 10-thousand are still missing after heavy rainfall caused two dams to burst.

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Libya floods wipe out quarter of city, thousands dead

Powerful flood waters broke two dams near the coastal city of Derna, sweeping whole neighbourhoods into the sea. Up to 5,000 people are estimated to have been killed and 10000 are feared missing.

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At least 5,000 dead in Libya floods 'calamity'

At least 5,000 people were killed in Libya and thousands more reported missing after catastrophic flash floods broke river dams and tore through an eastern coastal city, devastating entire neighbourhoods.

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'Wall of water' hits Libyan towns, thousands dead

Around 2,000 people have died and as many as 10,000 are believed missing after Storm Daniel dumped so much rain on Libya’s northeast that two dams collapsed sending water flowing into heavily populated areas. The port city of Derna appea...

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Thousands feared dead in Libya flooding

Authorities in eastern Libya say thousands of people are dead after a massive flood tore through the city of Derna with thousands more feared missing. Storm Daniel swept in over the Mediterranean on Sunday after pummelling Greece last week.

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Hopes fade for survivors in Libya floodzone

Libyans stage mass protest after historic floods

Libyan UNESCO World Heritage sites threatened by floods

Libya's public health emergency, flooded areas at risk

Mass graves risk contaminating water supply in Libya

International search crews join Libya effort

Libya flood death toll rises to 11,300 in Derna

Ten thousand still missing, a week on from Libyan floods

Images show extent of Derna destruction

Libya struggles to cope with devastation

International aid arrives in flood-hit Libya

Libya floods: At least 20% of residents 'dead or missing'

Libya death toll soars as search efforts continue

Libya's Derna burying the dead in mass graves

Flood disaster brings Libya closer

Libya races to recover bodies as death toll tops 5,000

Aid arriving in Libya as death toll exceeds 5,000

International aid begins to arrive in Libya

Libyan flood toll now above 5,000

Libya floods wipe out quarter of city, thousands dead

At least 5,000 dead in Libya floods 'calamity'

'Wall of water' hits Libyan towns, thousands dead

Thousands feared dead in Libya flooding