The Latest Breaking News from Libya

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya has warned that an outbreak of diseases in the country's northeast, where floods have killed over 11,000 people, could create “a second devastating crisis,” with Libyan authorities reporting the spread of diarrhea among over 100 people who drank contaminated water

Eight days after the Libyan city was devastated by floods the death toll has passed 11,300 but there are some miraculous tales of survival

With local media failing to deliver information, independent Libyan reporters cover the dam disaster on their own.

Greece’s armed forces have declared three days of national mourning after five members of a military rescue team were killed in a road accident in flood-hit Libya

The city of Derna in eastern Libya is still digging out and counting the dead after floods struck more than a week ago.

Watch a live view of the devastating aftermath of floods in Libya on Monday, 18 September, as the death toll reaches more than 11,000.

For years, experts had warned that floods posed a significant danger to two dams protecting nearly 90,000 people in northeastern Libya

The UN has warned that the figures for the dead are likey to rise in the coming days

Libya' health minister says four Greek rescue workers dispatched to Libya following devastating flooding in the eastern city of Derna were killed in an automobile collision

Tens of thousands of survivors are homeless and badly need clean water, food and shelter, UN agencies warn.

A week after massive flash floods devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the international aid effort to help survivors is slowly gathering pace.