UNICEF is reaching children and families with emergency supplies after Storm Daniel swamped northeastern Libya, collapsing dams and washing away entire villages.
Families are facing catastrophic flooding and landslides in northeastern Libya after Storm Daniel came ashore on Sept. 10, 2023, inundating communities along the country’s Mediterranean coast with sudden, torrential rains.
Authorities declared the port city of Derna a disaster zone after two dams were breached, flooding the city. Buildings collapsed and whole neighborhoods were swept away. More than 5,000 people in coastal towns are presumed dead, according to local authorities — 2,300 in Derna alone. Another 10,000 people remain missing.
