UN’s Derna overview: Officially, only 3,958 confirmed dead and 40,000 displaced
Sep 20 Sami Zaptia

UN’s Derna overview: Officially, only 3,958 confirmed dead and 40,000 displaced

Ten days have passed since Storm Daniel battered the northeastern coastal areas of Libya (10 September), the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanit...

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EU Copernicus satellite images of Flood Daniel hit Libya released
Sep 20 Sami Zaptia

EU Copernicus satellite images of Flood Daniel hit Libya released

The European Union announced yesterday that its Copernicus satellite is producing maps that provide essential geospatial information to help rescue te...

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Conflicting news over ending of Search and Rescue for survivors in Derna
Sep 20 Sami Zaptia

Conflicting news over ending of Search and Rescue for survivors in Derna

There is conflicting news over the ending of Search and Rescue operations for survivors in Derna.Yesterday, eight days after Storm Daniel devastated t...

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Derna update: International aid continues to arrive, infrastructure damage update
Sep 19 Sami Zaptia

Derna update: International aid continues to arrive, infrastructure damage update

Update on infrastructure damage The Tripoli government updated the number of destroyed bridges/culverts in the east from 10 to 11 and estimated that...

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Derna disaster update: Five Greek aid workers die in road accident, Spanish and Maltese teams return home
Sep 18 Sami Zaptia

Derna disaster update: Five Greek aid workers die in road accident, Spanish and Maltese teams return home

More than a week after the deadly Storm Daniel struck eastern Libya, the Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias confirmed today that five members of a G...

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Attorney General launches investigation into Derna dam failures, as aid continues to arrive by air and sea
Sep 17 Sami Zaptia

Attorney General launches investigation into Derna dam failures, as aid continues to arrive by air and sea

Libya’s Attorney General / Public Prosecutor, Sideeg Al-Sour, announced Friday the launch of investigations into the collapse of Derna’s two dams. The...

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UN lunches US$ 71 million Libya floods appeal, WHO and Red Cross advise against mass burials
Sep 15 Sami Zaptia

UN lunches US$ 71 million Libya floods appeal, WHO and Red Cross advise against mass burials

Yesterday, the UN launched a US$ 71.4 million fund appeal for the rescue effort in Libya caused by the Storm Daniel destruction.Martin Griffiths, the...

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Latest UN satellite imagery shows extent of Storm Daniel destruction in Derna
Sep 15 Sami Zaptia

Latest UN satellite imagery shows extent of Storm Daniel destruction in Derna

Disasters Charter yesterday released satellite images/maps to estimate the extent and damage of flooding in the city of Derna caused by Storm Daniel....

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Tripoli and Hafter’s army working side-by-side - A roundup of the eastern rescue effort
Sep 14 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli and Hafter’s army working side-by-side - A roundup of the eastern rescue effort

The Tripoli-based 444 brigade has arrived in eastern Libya to help in the rescue and recovery efforts in eastern Libya post Storm Daniel. This could b...

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More than 5,300 dead and 10,000 missing in Derna disaster
Sep 13 Sami Zaptia

More than 5,300 dead and 10,000 missing in Derna disaster

The beleaguered city of Derna is slowly trying to come to terms with life after the catastrophe caused by Storm Daniel and the breaching of its two da...

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