Before this week's storm, the eastern port city, where flooding killed thousands, was best known for its revolutionary thinking, Islamist extremists and coastal scenery.
Authorities in eastern Libya say at least 2,000 thousand people are believed dead and thousands more missing after a massive flood has torn through the city of Derna. Officials say that two dams have burst, washing away large swathes of the city after a powerful storm which pummelled Greece last week before moving over the Mediterranean and making landfall in the North African nation.