In 2007, when Libya was still ruled by strongman Moammar Kadafi, a Turkish company, Arsel, was tasked with rehabilitating the dams and building a third dam in between. But after Kadafi was toppled ...

One dam burst, then a second ... that also hit Greece and other countries caused so much more devastation in Libya. Experts say that apart from the strong storm itself, Libya’s catastrophe ...

"We want Libya to be united again," one said. "We want an end to corruption and our politicians just doing everything for themselves." The city's dams burst under ... about the dam, they told ...

The Derna dam is much closer to the city and could hold 53 million cubic feet of water. Damage from massive flooding is seen in Derna, Libya, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. The dams, built from clay ...

Like many dams around the world, the Wadi Derna dams in Libya were built in the 1970s during the era of peak global dam construction, when 1,000 large dams were installed each year. Now most of ...

One dam burst, then a second ... At least 8,000 people in Libya have been killed by this week’s floods, Doctors Without Borders (Médecins sans frontières) said in a statement Thursday ...

DERNA, Libya — The wall of water several stories ... Ibrahim Moussa said the nearest dam burst in the early hours of Monday. Location proved the difference between life and death.

Experts had long said that floods posed a significant danger to two dams meant to protect nearly 90,000 people in the northeast of Libya ... The Derna dam, also known as Belad, is much closer ...