It caused catastrophic flooding in the port city of Derna, in eastern Libya, after two nearby dams broke. First, there are the climate activists outside Libya who claim that the floods offer yet more proof of the damage humanity is supposedly doing to the planet. The dams that broke outside Derna had been left to decay for decades. The Gaddafi regime allowed oil-rich Libya to slowly decay while its members syphoned off the nation’s wealth for themselves. When it emerged that the programme of murder dated back to the Kaniyat’s prior allegiance with the Tripoli regime itself, interest tapered off.

Source: Libya Today September 20, 2023 14:12 UTC