(Video: Derna Zoom/Facebook) How government neglect, misguided policies doomed Libya to deadly floodsListen 13 min Share Comment on this story CommentThe rains lashing Derna gave residents a sense of comfort as night fell on Sept. 10. They were not shared publicly until water had engulfed the city — too late for Mustafa BinKhayal and so many others. In the mountains above the city, the Derna and Bou Mansour dams, built in the 1970s, had been damaged for decades. (Video: Derna Zoom and Derna Now/Facebook)In interviews after the storm, families described sheltering in place, steeling themselves for a long night. (Video: Derna Zoom, Facebook)Abdulrazzak Mustafa struggles even now to understand the strength he mustered in that moment, forcing their door shut against the wave as he held his screaming children above him.
