CAIRO (AP) — A day-long communication outage in a flood-stricken city in eastern Libya further complicated the work of teams searching for bodies under the rubble and at sea Wednesday. Heavy rains triggered deadly flooding across eastern Libya earlier this month. The dams were built by a Yugoslav construction company in the 1970s above Wadi Derna, which divides the city. Many residents, however, called for an international investigation, a move that shows the deep mistrust in state institutions in a country divided between rival government for most of the past decade. The council said Wednesday that a “thorough international investigation” is needed to determine reasons behind the crisis in Derna.

Source: Libya Today September 21, 2023 07:00 UTC