With a death toll that has surpassed 11,000, recovering the bodies of flood victims in Libya on both land and sea has become an urgent problem. Sept. 15, 2023 Now, Derna residents, in their ...

The city of Derna, in eastern Libya, has buried 700 victims of catastrophic flooding, with 10,000 people reported missing. Sept. 12, 2023 But even those rudimentary burials have been affected by ...

Each has reported conflicting numbers for victims following ... Access to the flood-hit areas remains a “major challenge” because roads were destroyed, the ICRC said. Libya’s former health ...

People pray at the graves of the flash flood victims in Derna, Libya, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. Yousef Murad/AP "Whenever you see a search and rescue team you will see families standing there with ...

The World Health Organization and other aid groups urged authorities in Libya to stop burying flood victims in mass graves, saying these could bring long-term mental distress to families or cause ...

The majority of the thousands of deaths in catastrophic floods in Libya could have been avoided ... Challenges are vast': Here's how to help victims of the earthquake in Morocco “If there ...

The city has been declared a disaster zone. People search for flood victims in Derna, Libya, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings, and even the sea to look ...

Flooding in Libya has reportedly killed more than 5,500 people. Health officials in the port city of Derna said about 9,000 others are still missing. The flooding was triggered by a powerful ...

DERNA, Libya — The floods came without warning ... A whole district had been dragged away by the raging waters. The force of the flood gouged asphalt from the sidewalks and spun cars together ...

MORE: How To Help Libya Flood And Morocco Earthquake Victims) The warnings came true in the early hours of Sept. 11, when residents of Derna woke up to loud explosions before floodwaters pounded ...

Libya endured 42 years of autocratic rule under Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi before he was overthrown in a revolt in 2011, during the Arab Spring. Bodies of flood victims being placed in a mass grave ...