A new study reveals that the devastating 2023 flood in Derna, Libya, was not merely the result of extreme rainfall but was drastically intensified by a major design shortcoming and its resulting ...

Hundreds of people protested in the eastern Libyan city of Derna on Wednesday, venting anger against authorities and demanding accountability one week after a flood killed thousands of its residents ...

Toll could reach 18,000 to 20,000, based on number of wiped-out districts, says Abdulmenam al Ghaithi, mayor of eastern city.

Reconstruction provides a glimmer of hope in Derna, where some residents said it helps them cope with the tragedy they lived through A catastrophic storm tore through Derna in 2023 People pose for a ...

(Beirut) – An independent inquiry is needed to review failings in Libyan authorities’ management of catastrophic flooding in eastern Libya in September 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. The floods ...

Protests erupted in Derna on Monday, as anger exploded among workers in the city against authorities who failed to take critical measures to protect it from flooding. When Storm Daniel hit the region, ...

Later in the evening, protesters set fire to the house of the man who was Derna’s mayor at the time of the flood, Abdulmenam al-Ghaithi, his office manager told Reuters. Hichem Abu Chkiouat, a ...

A year after two dams burst upstream from Derna, Libya, residents have let go of their hope of finding lost loved ones. The catastrophe, driven by torrential rains from Mediterranean storm Daniel on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Thousands of people were confirmed killed and thousands more are still missing from the September 10 flood, when dams burst ...

Derna, Libya – About a month after floods devastated Libya’s eastern city of Derna, Dr Khaled al-Shaari was discovered by his neighbours. He had taken his own life near his flood-ravaged home. His ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Libyan writer Khaled Mattawa. He translated a poem by Mustafa al-Trabelsi, who wrote about the flood risks in Libya before he died in them. In the northeastern Libyan ...