The Latest Breaking News from Libya

An Egyptian village is mourning dozens of its men killed in the horrific floodwaters that tore through the city of Derna in neighboring Libya

A century ago, the coastal city of Derna was well known for picture-perfect beaches, palm trees and whitewashed villas mainly inhabited by Libya’s Italian colonial occupiers. Today, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel, which brought 400mm of rain to the region, overwhelming two dams and sweeping millions of tons of…

Libyan authorities blocked civilians from entering the city of Derna on Friday so search teams could look for more than 10,000 people still missing after the catastrophic floods.

Libyan authorities blocked civilians from entering the flood-stricken eastern city of Derna on Friday so search teams could look through the mud and wrecked buildings for 10,100 people still missing after the known toll rose to 11,300 dead

In today’s newsletter: The two north African nations, separated by only 2,000km, have had very different responses to their flooding and earthquake – and civilians are losing out

Emergency teams on Friday kept up their search for the thousands still posted as missing from the tsunami-sized flash flood that swept the Libyan port city of Derna, killing at least 4,000 people.

The flash flood that has killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed the ‘medicane’ storm Daniel

In tonight's edition: International aid efforts intensify as the death toll in flooded Libya soars to more than 11,000 killed. Heavy rains burst two upstream dams late Sunday, leaving apocalyptic scenes in the city of Derna. Isolated Morocco earthquake survivors feel forgotten by the state as they await help, and…

Another 10,100 are reported missing from flooding caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel, the Libyan Red Crescent says.