Libya Flood.

Around September 10, 2023, devastating floods struck the African

country of Libya, and the historic city of Derna in the northeast was
destroyed by devastating floods.
Weather

Storm Daniel, also known a

s Cyclone Daniel, was the d
eadliest and costliest Medit
erranean tropical-
like cyclone ever recorded i
n history. It was also the de
adliest weather event of
2023 to date.
Two dams overwhelmed

The Wadi Derna river runs fro

m Libya’s inland mountains, th
rough the city of Derna and int
, the Mediterranean. It is dry fo
r much of the year, but the unu
sually heavy rain overwhelmed
two crucial damis and destroy
ed several bridges.
Political Situation

Libya has been in political cha

os since long-
serving ruler Col Muammar G
addafi was overthrown and kil
led in 2011-leaving the oil-
rich nation effectively split wi
th an interim internationally re
cognized
government operating from th
e capital, Tripoli, and another
one in the east.
Libya was hit the hardest, with torrential rains causing two dams
near the city of Derna to fail. This resulted in more than three tho
usand deaths, with between 10,000 and 100,000 people missing, a
lthough exact figures varied by source. Libya’s vulnerability to su
ch disasters was blamed on its civil war, which damaged critical i
nfrastructure and left it in poor condition before the storm. In the
aftermath several countries along the Mediterranean Sea pledged
to provide aid to affected countries.