Up to 20,000 people are now feared dead after torrents of water ripped through eastern Libya — a devastating toll that could largely have been avoided, global officials said Thursday.
Libyan authorities said more than 2,000 people died and 10,000 have been reported missing after floodwaters caused massive damage in the eastern part of the country. Othman Abduljaleel, health minister for eastern Libya, told The Associated Press at least 700 of the recovered bodies from the natural disaster had been buried. The city of Derna’s…
Mediterranean storm Daniel, which caused devastating floods in Libya on Monday, 11 September, has left at least 2000 people dead and thousands missing, senior Libyan officials stated. The storm broke dams and shattered multi-storey buildings in multiple coastal towns in the east of the North African nation. In a news conference, Ahmed Al-Mosmari, spokesman for
Tunisia and Libya announced Thursday they had agreed to share responsibility for providing shelter for hundreds of migrants stranded at their border, many of them for over a month.The Libyan interior ministry earlier on Thursday announced the bilateral agreement to "put an end to the crisis of irregular migrants stranded in the border area".
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