Yahoo

Libya floods: Drowning of Derna was man-made disaster decades in the making

A demolished building at the port city of Derna, Libya, is the result of a dam collapse in the wake of Storm Daniel on September 10. Photo by EPA-EFE Sept. 21 (UPI) --In the early hours of Sept. 11, ...
Yahoo

Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya's coastal city of Derna, aid group says

DERNA, Libya (AP) — The death toll in Libya's coastal city of Derna has soared to 11,300 as search efforts continue following a massive flood fed by the breaching of two dams in heavy rains, the ...
KSL

Libya's flood-ravaged Derna struggles to cope with thousands of corpses

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CBS News

U.N. warns Libya could face "second devastating crisis" if disease spreads in decimated Derna

Derna, Libya — The United Nations warned Monday that disease outbreaks could bring "a second devastating crisis" to Libya a week after a huge flash flood shattered the coastal city of Derna, sweeping ...
NPR

Survivors of Libya's deadly floods describe catastrophic scenes and tragic losses

LONDON — For Ehdaa Bujeldain, an English teacher living with her family in Bab-Tobruk, in the mountains of Derna, eastern Libya, it sounded like a bomb going off in the middle of the night. "On Sunday ...
AOL

Photos of Derna’s Devastation: How Libya Fell Victim to a Most Unnatural Disaster

Floodwaters from Storm Daniel are visible in Derna, Libya, on Sept. 12. Credit - Jamal Alkomaty—AP In Derna, the city on the coast of Libya all but swept away by flooding on Sept. 11, the surging ...
Business Insider

Survivors in Libya pick through the rubble and devastation as floodwaters recede

Floods devastated Derna, a port city in eastern Libya, after a storm overwhelmed two of the city's dams. First responders continue to find bodies a week into the disaster but are having trouble ...
Los Angeles Times

Searchers look for more than 10,000 missing in flooded Libyan city where death toll has eclipsed 11,000

DERNA, Libya — Libyan authorities limited access to the flooded city of Derna on Friday to make it easier for searchers to dig through the mud and hollowed-out buildings for the more than 10,000 ...
The Grio

Whole families drowned in Libya’s flood. Many didn’t realize the danger until they heard dams burst

DERNA, Libya (AP) — The wall of water several stories high smashed into apartment buildings, drowning entire families in minutes. One man lost at least 13 members of his extended family. Fadellalah ...
CNN

Derna valley was once a ‘paradise.’ Now there’s nothing left but devastation

Tarek Fahim was taking videos of the water filling behind the dam in the Derna valley in Libya late Saturday night. Up until 1:30 am, Storm Daniel was just wind and rain. When he went home an hour ...
AOL

Libya's flood-ravaged Derna struggles to cope with thousands of corpses

DERNA, Libya/GENEVA (Reuters) - 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 ...