Tag: floods
Libya floods kill at least 11,300 in Derna, UN says
At least 11,300 people have died and 10,100 remain missing in the town of Derna alone, in eastern Libya, ravaged almost a week ago by unprecedented floods, according to a…
Risk of cholera outbreak in Libya after the floods
Almost a week ago, the city of Darnah in Libya was hit by huge floods after storm Daniel. Dams burst and large parts of the city ended up under water.…
Glez’s take on the earthquake in Morocco and the floods in Libya
The earth trembles in Morocco and ravages entire villages in the Marrakech region in the center of the country. Then storm Daniel hit eastern Libya, causing the failure of two…
Floods in Libya: crisis management criticized
“Most” of the deaths could have been avoided. It is with this sentence, which sounds like a sentence, that the UN yesterday castigated the management of the crisis in Libya,…
The Red Cross warns: The number of victims of the floods in Libya is huge and may even reach thousands
Among the most affected cities is the coastal city of Derna, where entire neighborhoods are feared to have been destroyed. The death toll from the floods in the eastern part…
This is how Umeå Municipality tries to prevent floods
There have been major problems with flooding in several places in Sweden during the summer. Västerbotten has so far managed, but if a heavy rainstorm comes, there are areas that…
Greece: extraordinary fires then deadly floods, story of a summer disaster
The consequences of storm Daniel continue to hit Greece. This Sunday, September 10, the toll from the floods which ravaged the region of Thessaly, in the center of the country,…
In Hong Kong, the heaviest rains in 140 years – more than a hundred injured in floods
Over 600 millimeters of rain fell during the day, which is about a quarter of the city’s normal annual rainfall. In many places, the streets of Hong Kong are rippling…
A couple on their honeymoon is missing in the Greek floods
In the central parts of Greece, it rained 800 millimeters of water since the beginning of the week, more than usually in a year. A newly married Austrian couple has…
The criticism: The floods could have been stopped
At Vansjön, a little over a mile northeast of central Heby, lives Staffan Lund. After the weekend’s heavy rain in the municipality, large parts of his land are under water.…