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UN launches urgent €66 million appeal for Libya flood victims

Flash flooding tore through the coastal city of Derna on Sunday, leaving entire neighbourhoods in ruins. 10,000 people are still missing while officials say the death toll has surpassed 11,000

Spain

Euroviews. Spain can help the rest of Europe learn how to tackle the water crisis

Faced with climate change in the Mediterranean and a massive threat to its national industries, Spain is undertaking a major and costly reform of its entire water system, Jorge Molinero writes.

Libya

Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya's coastal city of Derna

The death toll in Libya's coastal city of Derna has soared to 11,300 as search efforts continue following a massive flood fed by the breaching of two dams in heavy rains, the Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday.

Libya

Libyans plead for international help after deadly flooding

Libyans in the country's worst flood-hit city of Derna are pleading for international help as search teams combed through the devastation looking for bodies.

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Climate

In photos: September brings deadly flooding around the world

There have been deadly storms in almost as many days in September so far, as climate scientists warn that “nowhere is immune”.

Earth News

‘Nowhere is immune’: Libya’s floods made worse by climate change

‘Ferocious strength’ of storm that caused Libya’s devastating floods was powered by climate change, scientists say.

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WATCH: Hundreds of Libyan flood victims buried in mass graves in Derna

Two dams burst above Derna as Storm Daniel brought heavy rain to the country.

Libya

Libya floods: Death toll in eastern city of Derna surpasses 5,100

The death toll from Sunday's violent flood in Libya's eastern city of Derna surpassed 5,100 on Wednesday, according to a health official.

Libya

Thousands feared dead in flood-ravaged eastern Libya

Entire communities were swept out to sea in the North African country, with the city of Derna hit hardest.

Libya

Libya floods: More than 2,300 people dead and thousands still missing

Emergency workers uncovered hundreds of bodies as they dug through the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna on Tuesday, and 10,000 people were reported still missing after floodwaters broke through dams and smashed through the city, washing away entire neighbourhoods.

World News

Red Cross says 10,000 people missing after deadly floods in Libya

The destruction from storm Daniel appeared greatest in Derna, a city formerly held by Islamic extremists in the chaos that has gripped Libya for more than a decade and left it with crumbling and inadequate infrastructure.

Libya

Libya suspends foreign minister after Israel contact sparks protests

Libya's pro-Palestinian government has launched an inquiry, as both countries dispute the nature of their contact.

Libya

Libyans protest at minister's meeting with Israeli counterpart

Crowds of demonstrators across Libya have protested after the country's foreign minister held discussions with her Israeli counterpart

Greece

One man's desperate search for his son lost in a migrant shipwreck

Mohamad Diab - one of many relatives still searching for news of their loved ones - refuses to believe his son is dead.

Tunisia

Tunisia and Libya agree to share responsibility for stranded migrants

A spokesperson for Tunisia's interior ministry said migrants were transferred to reception centres and provided with health and psychological care, with the help of the Tunisian Red Crescent.

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Libyan border guards rescue migrants in remote desert area

Border guards in Libya have rescued a group of migrants who said they were left in the remote desert area by authorities in neighbouring Tunisia.

Belgium

Libya jails human traffickers over migrant deaths in the Med

Thirty-eight human traffickers were jailed by a Libyan court on Monday over the deaths of migrants heading to Europe on a rickety boat.

Europe News

Money spent by EU on migration policy becoming 'complex' to track

The web of funds going towards the externalisation of the contentious issue is getting much wider.

Greece

Greek residents mobilise to help survivors of deadly migrant shipwreck

Search and rescue operations continued overnight some 75 kilometres southwest of Greece’s southern Peloponnese region.

France

Former French president Sarkozy facing trial over Libya financing for 2007 campaign

The case is the biggest and most shocking of multiple corruption investigations involving Sarkozy. He has been convicted in two others. He denies wrongdoing in all cases.

Libya