the prime minister of the east Libya government, declared Derna a disaster zone after heavy rainfall and floods destroyed much of the city which is located in the delta of the small Wadi Derna on ...

According to eastern Libya authorities, the two main dams on the Wadi Derna River burst on Sunday night, causing mudslides that destroyed bridges and buildings in their path until they flowed into ...

Libya is still grappling with the aftermath of the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled long-time dictator Moamer Kadhafi. The chaos that ensued saw the rise of jihadist movements, with Derna ...

The U-N Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya Georgette Gagnon says the flood ... It's a week since Derna Wadi, a dry riverbed most of the year, burst the dams built to hold it back when rains ...

Video footage captured across the city of Derna shows wide-scale destruction following Libya's deadliest storm in decades. The storm burst dams washing multi-storey buildings with sleeping ...

Libya remains ... in the narrow wadi. Completed in 1977, it consisted of an “embankment dam” built with rocks and clay, with a reinforced concrete wall in the centre. Derna deputy mayor ...

They gathered on Monday night at the city's landmark Sahaba Mosque, many chanting for top officials in Libya's eastern government to be sacked. Derna's whole city council has now been dismissed.

East Libya Health Minister Othman Abduljaleel spoke of 27 casualties, noting that this figure did not include the victims from Derna. The Libyan disaster occurred just days after Daniel battered ...