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By Mary Louise Kelly Huda Akram is a doctor based in Benghazi, Libya, whose family hails from Derna. She spoke to NPR on Wednesday, describing the harrowing scenes and what is happening now. (Image credit: Abdullah Mohammed Bonja/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Source: An inside account of devastation and survival in the Libya floods
By Ruby Mellen, Laris Karklis, Samuel Granados, Júlia Ledur, Dan Stillman Eastern Libya’s weak infrastructure and low-lying geography made it especially vulnerable to catastrophic flooding. Source: Mapping why Libya’s floods were so deadly