How are Libyans coping in the wake of the mas...

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The port city of Derna, Libya, has been devastated by flooding, with thousands of people killed. Mediterranean Storm Daniel brought torrential rain to the region last week, but it was the collapse of two dams that caused some of the worst damage, with entire sections of Derna was ...  Show more

Rescuers are calling for more body bags to be sent to a Libyan city hit by catastrophic flooding - as fears of waterborne diseases grow. More than 11,300 people are known to have died - and this could reach up to 20,000, with a further 10,100 missing. Meanwhile, attempts to coord ...  Show more

You can’t control a storm. Especially one as bad as Storm Daniel. 

But when two dams which hadn’t been maintained since 2002 break; when authorities tell thousands of people to stay at home instead of evacuating them the night that Derna was swept into the sea; then you ...

Libyan officials place the death toll of catastrophic floods in eastern Libya at over 6,000. Meanwhile, foreign aid begin to trickle into Morocco nearly a week after a strong earthquake. Ukraine attacks Russia's Black Sea fleet and a shipyard in Crimea. Trials begin in Brazil for ...  Show more