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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 dam collapses released an estimated 30 million cubic meters (39 million cubic yards) of water, [5] [6] causing flooding downstream as the Wadi Derna overflowed its banks.
The latest figures released by a charity in Libya on Thursday evening show the true devastation of the disaster sparked by Storm Daniel. The Libyan Red Crescent said on Thursday that 11,300 had ...
The Libyan Crisis [1] [2] is the current humanitarian crisis [3] [4] and political-military instability [5] occurring in Libya, beginning with the Arab Spring protests of 2011, which led to two civil wars, foreign military intervention, and the ousting and death of Muammar Gaddafi. The first civil war 's aftermath and proliferation of armed ...
The Libyan civil war (2014–2020), also more commonly known as the Second Libyan Civil War, was a multilateral civil war which was fought in Libya between a number of armed groups, but mainly the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Government of National Accord, for six years from 2014 to 2020. [112] The General National Congress (GNC ...
Libya lies between latitudes 19° and 34°N, and longitudes 9° and 26°E . At 1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi), Libya's coastline is the longest of any African country bordering the Mediterranean. [144] [145] The portion of the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya is often called the Libyan Sea.
The death toll in Libya's coastal city of Derna has soared to 11,300 as search efforts continue following a massive flood fed by the breaching of two dams in heavy rains, the Libyan Red Crescent ...
February 9, 2018. Benghazi. 2. A bomb exploded in a mosque. 2018 attack on the High National Elections Commission in Tripoli. May 2, 2018. Tripoli. 16. Suicide bombers attacked the head offices of Libya's electoral commission in Tripoli, killing at least 16 people, injuring 20 and setting fire to the building.
The BBC News channel is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel owned and operated by the BBC.The channel is based at and broadcasts from Broadcasting House in the West End of London from which it is anchored during British daytime, with overnight broadcasts anchored from Washington, D.C. and Singapore.