A global aid effort for Libya gathered pace Thursday after a tsunami-sized flash flood killed at least 4,000 people, with thousands more missing a death toll the UN blamed in part on the legacy of years of war and chaos. The enormous surge of stormwater burst two upstream dams late Sunday and red ..
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Emergency teams on Friday kept 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 4,000 people. The enormous surge of water burst two upstream dams late Sunday and reduced Derna to an apocalyptic wasteland where entire city blocks and untold numbers of people were washed into the Mediterranean.Calling the situation "catastrophic", the United Nations launched an appeal for more than 71 million dol
The death toll from the devastating Storm Daniel-caused flooding in Libya s coastal city of Derna has risen to 11,300 as authorities continue search efforts for thousands missing.Another 10,100.