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Libya's eastern govt delays Derna reconstruction meeting

On Sunday, the committee said the postponed event would be held in both Derna and the eastern city of Benghazi.

Green Humour by Rohan Chakravarty on floods in Libya caused by Storm Daniel

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Left behind and grieving, survivors of Libya floods call for accountability

Libya dam collapse: engineering expert raises questions about management

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Mapping Libya’s flood damage | Infographics

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An aerial view shows Libya’s eastern city of Derna on September 18, 2023, following deadly flash floods. A week after a tsunami-sized flash flood devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the international aid effort to help the grieving survivors slowly gathered pace.

UN warns of disease threat in flood-ravaged east Libya

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An aerial view shows the mass grave, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya on September 16, 2023.

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A view shows people inspecting the damaged areas, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 14, 2023.

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Libyan Red Crescent volunteers take part in a rescue operation, in the aftermath of a powerful storm and heavy rainfall that hit Libya, in an unidentified location in Libya in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released on September 13, 2023. Libyan Red Crescent/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

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Staff members install a sign reading “Nipah isolation ward, entry strictly prohibited” at a hospital in Kerala’s Kozhikode district on September 12, 2023.

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People look at the damage caused by freak floods in Derna, eastern Libya, on September 11, 2023. Flash floods in eastern Libya killed more than 2,300 people in the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna alone, the emergency services of the Tripoli-based government said on September 12.

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Streets flooded after storm Daniel in Marj, Libya, on September 11, 2023.

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This handout picture provided by the Iranian foreign ministry shows Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (R) receiving Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush in Tehran on July 25, 2023. Photo by Iranian Foreign Ministry / AFP

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A traumatised Rahul Kumar with his wife, children and brother, who recently came back from Libya, at his sisters residence in Pehowa Town, Kurukshetra district in Haryana.

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