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Mohsen al-Sheikh, 52, stands in his neighborhood of the city of Derna, Libya, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024 which was covered in floodwaters a year ago after two dams burst upstream. (AP Photo/Muhammad Elalwany)

A Libyan city scarred by flooding that killed thousands tries to rebuild a year later

By Muhammad Elalwany - Associated Press

Derna flood survivor Abdul Salam Anwisi looks at the destroyed homes following flooding caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel, in Derna, Libya, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. Anwisi said he woke up at one-thirty in the morning to a loud scream from outside, to find his neighbours' homes flooded with water. He, his sons and other neighbours rushed to rescue the stranded families by pulling them from the roof of their house. Thousands of Libyans have lost family members, friends and neighbors in the devastating floods that engulfed the country's east. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Libya’s top prosecutor jails 8 officials for potential negligence in the deadly collapse of dams

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Derna flood survivor Abdul Salam Anwisi cleans his home after flooding caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel, in Derna, Libya, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. Anwisi said he woke up at one-thirty in the morning to a scream from outside, to find his neighbours' homes flooded with water. He, his sons, and other neighbours rushed to rescue the stranded families by pulling them from the roof of their house. Thousands of Libyans have lost family members, friends and neighbors in the devastating floods that engulfed the country's east. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Left behind and grieving, survivors of Libya floods call for accountability

By Samy Magdy and Yousef Murad - Associated Press

FILE - People look for survivors after flooding in Derna, Libya, Sept. 13, 2023. The devastating storm that dumped torrential rains along the Libyan coast this month was up to 50 times more likely to occur and 50% more intense because of human-caused climate change, according to an analysis released Tuesday, Sept. 19. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad, File)

Communication outage hits flood-stricken city in Libya, further complicating search efforts

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Construction workers build a bridge linking the eastern and western parts of Derna, which was divided by the dam collapse following recent flooding caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel, in Derna, Libya, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad J. Elalwany)

UN warns disease outbreak in Libya’s flooded east could spark ‘a second devastating crisis’

By Yousef Marud and Jack Jeffery - Associated Press

A general view of the city of Derna is seen on Sept. 12., 2023. For years, experts warned that floods pose a significant danger to dams protecting nearly 90,000 people in northeast of Libya, repeatedly calling for immediate maintenance to the two structures outside the city of Derna. But successive governments in the divided and chaos-stricken North African nation did not heed their advice. (AP Photo/Jamal Alkomaty, File)

Libya was mired in chaos and corruption. For years, warnings the Derna dams may burst went unheeded

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Rescue teams search for victims in Derna, Libya, on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. Libyan authorities have opened an investigation into the collapse of two dams that caused a devastating flood in a Derna as rescue teams searched for bodies on Saturday, nearly a week after the deluge killed more than 11,000 people. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Road collision kills 4 Greek rescue workers dispatched to flood-stricken Libya, health minister says

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Two men hug as people look for survivors in the flooded city of Derna, Libya, Wednesday, Sept.13, 2023. For many Libyans, the disastrous flooding that killed more than 11,000 people have fostered a sense of unity. The collective grief has morphed into a rallying cry of national unity in a country blighted by 12 years of conflict and division. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad, File)

For a divided Libya, disastrous floods have become a rallying cry for unity

By Hazem Turika and Jack Jeffery - Associated Press

People search for flood victims in Derna, Libya, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings, and even the sea to look for bodies in Derna, where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed thousands of people. (AP Photo/Ricardo Garcia Vilanova)

Libya investigates dams’ collapse after a devastating flood last weekend killed more than 11,000

By Samy Magdy and Yousef Mourad - Associated Press

People look for survivors in Derna, Libya, Wednesday, Sept.13, 2023. Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings, and even the sea to look for bodies in Derna, where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed thousands of people. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Dozens of Syrians are among the missing in catastrophic floods in Libya, a war monitor says

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Flooding aftermath is seen in Derna, Libya, Thursday, Sept.14, 2023. Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings, and even the sea to look for bodies in Derna, where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed thousands of people. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Libya seals off flooded city so searchers can look for 10,000 missing after death toll passes 11,000

By Yousef Mourad - Associated Press

People look for survivors in Derna, Libya, Wednesday, Sept.13, 2023. Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings, and even the sea to look for bodies in Derna, where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed thousands of people. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Libyan city buries thousands in mass graves after flood, while mayor says death toll could triple

By Samy Magdy and Yousef Murad - Associated Press

A general view of the city of Derna is seen on Tuesday, Sept. 12., 2023. Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighborhoods in multiple coastal towns, the destruction appeared greatest in Derna city. (AP Photo/Jamal Alkomaty)

The flood death toll in eastern Libya’s city of Derna has surpassed 5,100, a health official says

By Samy Magdy and Yousef Murad - Associated Press

A general view of the city of Derna is seen on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighborhoods in multiple coastal towns, the destruction appeared greatest in Derna city. (AP Photo/Jamal Alkomaty)

How Libya’s chaos left its people vulnerable to deadly flooding

By Jack Jeffery - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Libyan government, a car sits partly suspended in trees after being carried by floodwaters in Derna, Libya, on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighborhoods and wrecked homes in multiple coastal towns in the east of the North African nation. As many as 2,000 people were feared dead one of the country's leaders said. (Libyan government handout via AP)

Rescuers retrieve hundreds of bodies in eastern Libya as 10,000 reported missing in deadly floods

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

President Barack Obama delivers remarks during a meeting with people that wrote him letters explaining how they benefited from the Affordable Care Act in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, in Washington. Obama also condemned the execution of Jordanian Air Force pilot First Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh by the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama, U.S. blind to Islamic State Libya threat, top official warns

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Libyan follower of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades chants anti-U.S. slogans during a protest in front of the Tibesti Hotel, in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 14, 2012 (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Islamic State takes Libyan city; 100K under terror group’s control as chaos spreads

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times