A popular news website in Libya called Al-Wasat has said that the city of Derna was badly damaged during Storm Daniel because the rebuilding process was delayed and the dams were not properly maintained.
The storm caused a lot of damage. Around 2,200 people are believed to have died and 10,000 are missing. In addition, two dams in the Derna valley collapsed, which caused whole neighborhoods to be destroyed.
Al-Wasat mentioned that two experts from Libya said these things in an article released on September 12th.
According to economic expert Mohammed Ahmed, the lack of security and insufficient monitoring of safety measures by Libyan authorities caused the catastrophe in Derna.
“He said that both factors will cause more disasters in the water sector and energy. ”
He said that people had been asking questions about whether safety procedures were being followed in old buildings that haven’t been maintained in a while.
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Libyan news website broadcasts criticisms of maintenance of dam before storm
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Libya flood victims require urgent funding – humanitarian organisation
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), a well-known humanitarian organization, has said that the situation in Libya is very bad or “disastrous”.
The storm called Daniel caused very bad flooding in the North African country. The cities of Benghazi and Derna were affected the most.
The person in charge of NRC in Libya, Dax Bennett Roque, says that the rescue team in Benghazi has found that many thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and have nowhere to go.
The NRC says that because of many years of fighting in Libya, there are not enough resources available to handle a national emergency like this, which makes the disaster even worse.
Roque said that humanitarian aid groups in Libya have not been given enough money for a long time. Now is the moment to support the people and assist them in their journey towards healing. ”