Article 6QZRA A city in eastern Libya grapples with climate change

A city in eastern Libya grapples with climate change

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editors@theworld.org (Durrie Bouscaren)
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A year ago, two dams collapsed amid record rainfall from Storm Daniel, sending a massive wave of water into the coastal city of Derna, in Libya. Thousands of people died in the flood. Government negligence and aging infrastructure were partially to blame, but the Derna disaster also illustrates what's at stake as weather events worsen due to climate change. The World's Durrie Bouscaren reports.

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