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Online and satellite images show the extent of the damage in the city of Derna, with entire city blocks disappearing overnight.
Libya Flood Damage (Planet Labs PBC) Derna, a city of around 100,000 people on Libya’s north coast, faced the worst of the destruction when two dams collapsed this week in the face of huge ...
DERNA, Libya (AP) — Images taken by satellite show the physical devastation from a flood that killed at least 11,300 people in the eastern Libyan city of Derna.. Two dams above Derna burst early ...
The Derna dam collapses were the catastrophic failures of two dams in Derna, Libya, on the night of 10–11 September 2023, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel.The collapse of the Derna Dam and the Abu Mansour Dam released an estimated 30 million cubic meters (39 million cubic yards) of water, [6] [7] causing flooding downstream as the Wadi Derna overflowed its banks.
Emergency teams are working to find survivors and retrieve bodies after a massive flood hit Libya’s northeast three days ago, killing at least 11,000 people and leaving 10,000 missing.
In September 2024, Libya analyst Anas El Gomati suggested a death toll of between 14,000 and 24,000. [66] Only three of the city's ten districts escaped the flooding, [67] while five out of seven entry routes into Derna were rendered inaccessible. [68] The collapse of bridges along the Wadi Derna effectively split the city into two. [69]
Storm Daniel pounded Libya on Sunday night, unleashing heavy rainfall that caused flash flooding. The major destruction came when two dams on the Wadi Derna River burst, creating a wall of water ...
More than 5,000 people have died following catastrophic flooding in eastern Libya, according to government and hospital officials, after heavy rain from Storm Daniel inundated the North African ...