Heavy rains caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel caused deadly flooding across eastern Libya last weekend. “It was a big number … the sea is still ejecting lots of dead bodies unfortunately,” she told The Associated Press. Since 2014, eastern Libya has been under the control of Gen. Khalifa Hifter and his self-styled Libyan National Army. But there was no warning about the dams, which collapsed early Monday as most residents were asleep in their homes. A Turkish firm was contracted in 2007 to carry out maintainence on the two dams and build another dam in between.

Source: Libya Today September 16, 2023 19:52 UTC