Tag: Libya
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Libya Flooding Disaster Underlines the Country’s Corruption
[ad_1] The dam project broke ground in 2010, according to the government assessment from 2011 reviewed by The New York Times. By Feb. 1, 2011, just before the uprising, the project had managed only “general preparations and earthworks,” the assessment said. No concrete or asphalt had been poured, it said, no pipes laid. But Libya…
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After Libya Flooding, Signs Point to a Crackdown on Dissent
[ad_1] The authorities in flood-devastated eastern Libya appeared to be moving to muzzle dissent over the past week, arresting protesters and activists who have demanded accountability for what they say was a botched official response to the catastrophe. Torrential rains that burst two dams unleashed a flood on Sept. 11 that swept much of the…
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Relief Efforts in Libya Turn to Disease Prevention, as Hopes for Finding Survivors Dim
[ad_1] Nearly a week after a powerful storm caused catastrophic flooding in northeastern Libya, rescue groups assessing the damage left behind after two dams collapsed in the city of Derna — washing entire neighborhoods out to sea — said that the death toll was still being assessed amid diminishing hopes for finding survivors. “There are…
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Flooding in Libya: What to Know
[ad_1] Torrential rain from a storm that swept across the Mediterranean Sea this past week caused two dams to burst near Derna, a coastal city in northeastern Libya, killing thousands and washing entire neighborhoods out to sea. At least 10,000 more people were estimated to be missing in Derna and other flooded areas, the head…
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UAE continues sending aid to Libya for 5th day in row –
[ad_1] For the fifth day in a row, the UAE continued sending humanitarian and relief aid and search and rescue teams to Libya to alleviate the repercussions of Storm Daniel through a an airbridge in implementation of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Since the launch of the…
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Libya Dams Were in Danger, Engineer Warned
[ad_1] It had been clear for years that the dams protecting Derna, on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, were in danger of giving way. Torrential rains were not new. Decade after decade, they had pounded the area, washing away the soil that helped soak up water as it ran down from the dry hills above town. Climate…
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Hundreds of Libya Flood Victims Buried in Mass Graves
[ad_1] Aid workers were engaged in a grim struggle on Friday to handle the thousands of victims of the floods that devastated Libya’s northeastern coast, burying hundreds at a time in mass graves as the chaotic response to the disaster entered its fifth day. “There are thousands of bodies,” said Sarraj bin Taher, a Red…
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After Libya Floods, a Chaotic Scramble for Rescuers
[ad_1] Ali Elshanti arrived in the flood-stricken city of Derna on Wednesday afternoon, part of an aid convoy he and his friends organized that left the city of Misrata in the west of Libya 15 hours earlier. What he saw when he arrived looked like something out of a Hollywood disaster film, he said on…
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Aid Reaches Libya After Catastrophic Floods Kill Thousands
[ad_1] Aid was trickling into eastern Libya on Wednesday, where more than 5,000 people have died in recent days from catastrophic flooding. But with roads and bridges damaged and cut off, access to the hardest-hit city of Derna on the Mediterranean coast remained a major hurdle to bringing in help, according to international aid groups.…
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Libya flooding death toll over 1,000 as bodies found in Derna, where “25% of the city has disappeared”
[ad_1] Cairo — Rescue teams in eastern Libya have retrieved the bodies of more than 1,000 victims from the rubble in a coastal city that has been inundated by devastating floods, an official said Tuesday after visiting the devastated area. Authorities have estimated that as many as 2,000 people are believed to have been killed in…