Current:Home > InvestJohnathan Walker:After Libya's catastrophic floods, survivors and recovery teams assess losses -FinTechWorld
Johnathan Walker:After Libya's catastrophic floods, survivors and recovery teams assess losses
SignalHub View
Date:2025-04-08 03:52:07
The Johnathan WalkerMediterranean coastal city of Derna, in northeastern Libya, was largely destroyed in sudden floods that began in the early hours of Sept. 11. As Storm Daniel pounded the area with torrential rains, dams above the Wadi Derna river valley collapsed, sweeping away entire neighborhoods and the families who lived in them.
The floods have left thousands dead, missing and displaced. On Thursday, the U.N. Children's Fund, UNICEF, said 16,000 children are among the displaced and warned that many more lack access to basic services such as health and schooling.
Here are some recent scenes, as international and local search and rescue teams and survivors continued the work of recovery.
veryGood! (2)
Related
- Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
- Mass graves, unclaimed bodies and overcrowded cemeteries. The war robs Gaza of funeral rites
- 49ers QB Brock Purdy cleared to start against Bengals after concussion in Week 7
- 'Rare and precious': Watch endangered emperor penguin hatch at SeaWorld San Diego
- Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
- White House state dinner for Australia strikes measured tone in nod to Israel-Hamas war
- Skeletons discovered in incredibly rare 5,000-year-old tomb in Scotland
- Steelers star safety Minkah Fitzpatrick leaves game against Jags with hamstring injury
- This was the average Social Security benefit in 2004, and here's what it is now
- Recall: Best Buy issuing recall for over 900,000 Insignia pressure cookers after burn risk
Ranking
- Tree trimmer dead after getting caught in wood chipper at Florida town hall
- Residents of Maine gather to pray and reflect, four days after a mass shooting left 18 dead
- Hilarie Burton Raving About Jeffrey Dean Morgan Will Make You Believe in Soulmates
- Deion Sanders after his son gets painkiller injection in loss: `You go get new linemen'
- Taylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children’s hospital
- Most Palestinians in Gaza are cut off from the world. Those who connect talk of horror, hopelessness
- LA Police Department says YouTube account suspended after posting footage of violent attack
- It's been one year since Elon Musk bought Twitter. Now called X, the service has lost advertisers and users.
Recommendation
Friday the 13th luck? 13 past Mega Millions jackpot wins in December. See top 10 lottery prizes
Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte breaks MLB postseason hitting streak record
Federal prosecutors seek to jail Alabama lawmaker accused of contacting witness in bribery case
Maine shooting press conference: Watch updates from officials on Robert Card investigation
SFO's new sensory room helps neurodivergent travelers fight flying jitters
Spooky savings: 23 businesses offering Halloween discounts from DoorDash, Red Lobster, Chipotle, more
2 dead, 18 injured in Tampa street shooting, police say
Israel says its war can both destroy Hamas and rescue hostages. Their families are less certain