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  2. Explainer-What caused the floods in Libya and why are ... - AOL

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    In a research paper published last year, hydrologist Abdelwanees A. R. Ashoor of Libya's Omar Al-Mukhtar University said repeated flooding of the seasonal riverbed, or wadi, was a threat to Derna.

  3. Derna dam collapses - Wikipedia

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    The Derna dam collapses were the catastrophic failures of two dams in Derna, Libya, on the night of 10–11 September 2023, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel. The dam collapses released an estimated 30 million cubic meters (39 million cubic yards) of water, [5] [6] causing flooding downstream as the Wadi Derna overflowed its banks.

  4. Johnstown Flood - Wikipedia

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    The Johnstown Flood, sometimes referred to locally as Great Flood of 1889, occurred on Friday, May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam, located on the south fork of the Little Conemaugh River, 14 miles (23 km) upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. The dam ruptured after several days of ...

  5. Storm Daniel - Wikipedia

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    It soon acquired quasi-tropical characteristics and moved toward the coast of Libya, where it caused catastrophic flooding before degenerating into a remnant low. The storm was the result of an omega block; a high-pressure zone sandwiched between two zones of low pressure, with the isobars shaping like the Greek letter omega . [6] [7]

  6. Satellite images show the scale of the devastation in Libya's ...

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    Libya Flood Damage (Planet Labs PBC) Derna, a city of around 100,000 people on Libya’s north coast, faced the worst of the destruction when two dams collapsed this week in the face of huge ...

  7. Engineers — and a poet — warned of disaster, but ... - AOL

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    Thousands of people were killed, with thousands more missing in devastating floods that hit Libya's Derna after Storm Daniel, fueled by civil war, corruption, climate change and neglect.

  8. History of Libya - Wikipedia

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    From 1912 to 1927, the territory of Libya was known as Italian North Africa. From 1927 to 1934, the territory was split into two colonies, Italian Cyrenaica and Italian Tripolitania, run by Italian governors. Some 150,000 Italians settled in Libya, constituting roughly 20% of the total population.

  9. Libya flood disaster damaged ancient city but revealed new ...

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    The flooding caused mud a. The flooding that killed thousands in Libya's Derna last month damaged the ruins at the ancient Greek city of Cyrene in the mountains nearby, but it also revealed new ...