Questions raised over deadly impact of Storm Daniel in Libya

While climate crisis may have helped intensify storm, the parlous state of infrastructure is also to blame for its impacts, say experts

After nearly a week of battering one country after another in a westward arc across the Mediterranean, Storm Daniel caused unprecedented floods in Libya that burst dams protecting the port city of Derna.

At least 2,300 are estimated to have died. At least 10,000 are missing. I am not exaggerating when I say that 25% of the city has disappeared," one government official told Reuters.