The Latest Breaking News on Two months after flood in Libya’s Derna, mental anguish still takes lives

WHO says aid to help 250,000 people has arrived in Benghazi as death toll estimated at more than 11,000

Aid groups have warned of growing risk posed by the spread of disease that could compound the humanitarian crisis in Libya, as hopes of finding more survivors fade days after deadly flooding.

"They have seen death, not just in their families but within themselves as well," a Libyan doctor tells NPR. "Their souls are crushed, their hope is lost. How can you come back from such a thing?"

‘We should be afraid of an epidemic’ says worried survivor

Survivors of floods that struck eastern Libya tell Al Jazeera they remain without aid and struggle to find loved ones.

Only emergency workers to be allowed into devastated area over fears of contamination from dead bodies in limited water supply

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…

Cyclone Daniel caused two dams to fail in Derna but the storm was supercharged by a warming planet, scientists say

The aftermath of an earthquake in Morocco and flooding in Libya has shown up the state of the two nations

A further 10,100 people are reported missing in Libya’s Mediterranean city after a storm caused devastating flooding.