LIBYA
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News:
5,000 dead, 30,000
displaced: What made Libya’s floods so devastating
What's
in the news?
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More than 5,000 people were killed, about
10,000 went missing, and 30,000 were displaced in Libya after torrential rains
caused flooding that burst dams, swept away buildings and destroyed nearly a
quarter of the eastern port city of
Derna.
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The death toll is likely to rise
significantly and may even double, a minister in the regional administration
said, according to Reuters.
Key
takeaways:
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Experts suggest three key factors such as extreme weather, vulnerable geography, and
crumbling infrastructure — coalesced into one catastrophe, causing the most
devastating floods to have hit North Africa in almost a century.
Libya:
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Libya is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
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It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the
southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and
Tunisia to the northwest.
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Libya is a mostly desert and oil-rich country in northern Africa.