Ali Khalifa, an oil rig worker from Zawiya, west of Tripoli, said his cousin and a group of other men from his neighbourhood joined a convoy of vehicles heading to Derna to help out with relief efforts.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/17/libya-floods-collective-grief-morphs-into-a-rallying-cry-for-unity

A man receiving treatment at the hospital in Derna on Saturday.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/world/middleeast/libya-flooding-derna.html

An internationally recognised Government of National Unity (GNU) is based in Tripoli, in the west, while a parallel administration operates in the east, including the city of Derna, which has been devastated by flooding.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/casualties-libya-floods-could-have-been-avoided-warning-system-wmo-chief-3770541?cid=cna_flip_070214

An officer in a neon protective vest and military fatigues steps out of an armored vehicle in Derna, Libya.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/29/derna-floods-libya-lna-protests-journalists-recovery-efforts/

A view shows rescue teams searching for dead bodies at a beach, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 17, 2023.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/libyan-flood-survivors-weigh-water-shortages-against-landmine-risk/article_e7d08fdd-ae83-52b0-9079-f7e66bc3483a.html

Ayman Jabril Saleh, a resident of Al-Bayda who survived the flood with his family inside their house, said "when we saw the state of Derna, we felt blessed" for suffering material losses only.

Source: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/one-week-after-libya-flood-aid-arrives-for-survivors-186322

DERNA: A flash flood-damaged area is pictured in Derna on September 14, 2023.

Source: https://www.kuwaittimes.com/global-aid-effort-intensifies-for-libya/

Even in Gaddafi’s time before his overthrow back in 2011 Derna was always viewed as a hotbed of Islamism and the dictator was happy enough for Derna’s residents to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/23794342.libyas-countless-divisions-made-unnatural-disaster/?ref=rss

Floods have not been a rare occurrence in the history of Derna.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/for-the-survivors-in-derna-the-nightmare-has-only-just-begun/

Forces of east-based commander Khalifa Hifter reclaimed Derna two years later.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/libyan-court-sentences-23-suspected-islamic-state-militants-99676165

"I returned from Derna.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230912-libya-death-toll-could-reach-thousands-after-floods-wipe-out-quarter-of-city

Last week, two dams collapsed during Mediterranean storm Daniel, sending a wall of water gushing through Derna.

Source: https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/world/3230180/libyan-leader-says-flooded-city-has-been-divided-to-create-buffers-in-case-of-disease-outbreaks.html

Massive destruction shattered the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna, home to about 100,000 people, where multi-storey buildings on the riverbanks collapsed and houses and cars vanished in the raging waters.

Source: https://www.kuwaittimes.com/2300-dead-in-libya-floods-scores-missing/

More than 5,000 people are feared dead, and in the coastal city of Derna, entire neighborhoods were carried out to sea, the local authorities said.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/world/middleeast/libya-floods-photos.html

Much of Derna was built by Italy when Libya was under Italian occupation in the first half of the 20th century.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/09/12/rescuers-retrieve-hundreds-of-bodies-in-eastern-libya-as-10000-reported-missing-in-deadly-floods/

NEAR DERNA, Libya — Around a quarter of Libya’s eastern city of Derna was wiped out by floods after a dam burst in a storm, and more than 1,000 bodies have been recovered so far, a minister in the administration that controls the east said on Tuesday.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1830578/quarter-of-libyan-city-wiped-out-by-burst-dam-1000-bodies-recovered-so-far

Rami Abdurrahman, who runs the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said he hasn’t been able to confirm a single survivor out of the 150 Syrians missing in Derna since Sunday night.

Source: https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/world/3228546/dozens-of-syrians-are-among-the-missing-in-catastrophic-floods-in-libya-a-war-monitor-says.html

Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings and even the sea to look for bodies in Derna, where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed thousands of people.

Source: https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2023/9/14/23873414/libya-floods-death-toll-rises-expected-to-rise-more-rival-governments

The floods damaged or destroyed many access roads to Derna, hampering the arrival of international rescue teams and humanitarian assistance.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/09/14/libyan-city-buries-thousands-in-mass-graves-after-flood-mayor-says-death-toll-could-triple/

The nearby port city of Derna was the worst affected following the collapse of two dams, which wiped out a quarter of the area.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/libya-flooding-death-toll-storm-daniel/story?id=103143672