The mayor of Libya s eastern city of Derna was detained along with other officials on suspicion of mismanagement and negligence over the collapse of dams that flooded the city two weeks ago,. -September 25, 2023 at 06:18 am EDT
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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. Ashour's eldest sister is also gone, and her daughter too. The centre of Derna is a wasteland, with stray dogs standing listlessly on muddy mounds where buildings once stood.
I lost my daughter. Her mother is convinced that she is still alive. I am convinced that she is dead, says Ahmed Ashour, 62. The girl left me with a 3-month-old baby.. -September 18, 2023 at 05:56 am EDT
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DERNA, Libya (Reuters) -Sabreen Blil was on her hands and knees atop the rubble of her brother's house, the wind beating at her black robe as she clawed with her bare hands at the flattened masonry in hope of somehow digging to the family buried below. 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 do
People whose homes were swept away by flooding in Libya's eastern city of Derna a week ago faced the dilemma on Sunday of whether to stay despite a lack of fresh water or flee through areas where landmines have been displaced by the torrents. Thousands of people are feared to have died after two dams above Derna broke on Sept. 10, bringing down residential blocks lining a usually dry river bed as people slept. Hamad Awad sat on a blanket on an empty street with a bottle of water and bedding alongside him.