#Libya floods

[kirstythejetblackgoldfish]

A letter from The Guardian

[riricitaa]

please DONATE if you can!!!! Lybia needs our help!!! These are the two links [ ( link 1 ) and ( link 2 ) ] I found the most legitimate, I asked them and they said they are in direct contact with the local authorities and that the money will be transferred directly and they will get the necessary supplies and aids and send them to the disaster zone! Please donate if you can, and share if you can't 🙏🏽 🇱🇾🕊

[musk7]

Deeply saddened by the floods in Libya. May Allah grant strength and relief to all those affected. My thoughts, prayers, and support are with them.

اللهم اجعل هذه الابتلاءات كفارة لذنوبهم ومنحهم العون والعافية.

[rapha-reads]

I check the news about Morocco every morning and share links for donations or how to help, and every time I end up crying again.

Good thing my 100% natural Moroccan khôl is so waterproof that even Libya's flood couldn't erase it.

Gotta joke or else I'd spend entire days just crying 🙃

If you can donate in any way to help Libya and Morocco, please, do.

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[sbrown82]

What is going on in North Africa?

[emperor713f]

[maslimanny]

This sea.. I cannot trust it.. despite all this range.. and this horizon that confiscates our imaginations and ambitions from us, I do not feel its friendship.. It still betrays us and will continue to...

[workersolidarity]

Mapping Libya’s catastrophic flood damage in Derna after Storm Daniel | Maps News | Al Jazeera

Devastating floods in Libya led to a catastrophic collapse of two dams upriver from Derna and officials say a third dam is on the brink of collapse even as rescuers move in to save as many people as possible.

Roughly 10'000 people remained missing as of Wednesday morning with more than 5'200 confirmed deaths.

Storm Daniel formed over Greece on Sept 4th, bringing heavy rains, wind and flooding across Eastern Europe before heading South towards the Northern African Coast, making landfall in Libya on Sunday.

Derna was hardest hit after two dams burst, releasing more than 30 million cubic metres of water that tore through the city of about 100'000.

Upkeep of the dams has been largely non-existent over the last two decades. With a Civil War caused by NATO intervention in 2014 that the country has never recovered from.

[canichangemyblogname]

"Libya’s general prosecutor, Al-Sediq al-Sour, said prosecutors would investigate the collapse of the dams, which were built in the 1970s, as well as the allocation of maintenance funds. He said prosecutors would investigate local authorities in the city, as well as previous governments. Aid groups have warned of the growing risk posed by the spread of disease that could compound the humanitarian crisis, as hopes of finding more survivors faded days after deadly flooding. Sunday’s flood submerged Derna, washing thousands of people and homes out to sea after two upstream dams burst under the pressure of torrential rains triggered by the hurricane-strength storm. Conflicting death tolls have been reported, but official estimates place the overall figure at more than 11,000. Aid organisations such as Islamic Relief and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have warned that the coming period could see the spread of disease as well as grave difficulties in delivering aid to those most in need. Islamic Relief warned of a 'second humanitarian crisis' after the flood, pointing to the 'growing risk of water-borne diseases and shortages of food, shelter and medicine.' 'Thousands of people don’t have anywhere to sleep and don’t have food,' said Salah Aboulgasem, the organisation’s deputy director of partner development. 'In conditions like this, diseases can quickly spread as water systems are contaminated. The city smells like death. Almost everyone has lost someone they know.' An Agence France-Presse journalist in Derna said central neighbourhoods on either side of the river, which normally dries up at this time of year, looked as if a steamroller had passed through, uprooting trees and buildings and hurling vehicles on to the port’s breakwaters. Stephanie Williams, a US diplomat and former UN envoy to Libya, urged global mobilisation to coordinate aid efforts after the flood."

-Via The Guardian

[kirstythejetblackgoldfish]

Western media finally reporting on the Libyan floods

This should be reported as a constant top story, just like how they reported on Libya 12 years ago

[riricitaa]

I know it's too much lately, but please keep Libya in your thoughts 😭🙏🏽🇱🇾 and if anyone knows where to donate please do share with me, I've been looking for hours and I can't find any 😭 which it is sad ...

[hicginewsagency]

Libya's Leaders Urged to Bury Differences After 'Shocking' Floods

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called on all Libyan political actors to overcome political deadlocks and divisions and collectively ensure relief access. The number of deaths in the Libyan city of Derna could range from 18,000 to 20,000 after the catastrophic event, according to the city’s mayor. Sky Newsreports that Abdulmenam Al-Ghaithi told al-Arabiya TV that this was…

[cnnbbcurdu]

Libya floods: Death toll rises to 11,300 in Derna

Libya floods: Death toll rises to 11,300 in Derna According to a UN report released on Saturday, the death toll from the catastrophic flooding in Derna, a city on the eastern coast of Libya, has increased to at least 11,300, even though more victims are likely to be discovered as search efforts continue. According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) of the United…

[head-post]

EU mobilising a Civil Protection Mechanism to help Libya cope with floods

The EU will provide emergency assistance following yesterday’s request for international assistance received from the Libyan government at the UN Office in Geneva. Severe flooding has caused thousands of casualties.

EU member states, Germany, Romania and Finland, offered assistance in the form of tents, field beds and blankets, 80 generators, food, as well as hospital tents and water tanks immediately after the incident.

The EU Emergency Response Coordination Centre is ready to coordinate further assistance offers. Learn more HERE

[kirstythejetblackgoldfish]

Aisha Gaddafi made an Instagram post about the floods

As well as sending condolences, she says she often spent childhood summers in Derna, with her mother, uncles and maternal grandparents