Libya: Mission chief updates Security Council on flood disaster 'beyond imagination'

By UN News

Oct 16, 2023 2:06 pm

Humanitarians delivering aid in the wake of Libya's 'unprecedented' flood disaster centred on the coastal city of Derna, have reached more than 146,000 in need, said the head of the UN support mission there (UNSMIL) on Monday.

Briefing the Security Council, Abdoulaye Bathily noted the thousands of lives lost by the dam bursts which destroyed whole neighbourhoods after Storm Daniel slammed the region on 10 September.

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Humanitarians delivering aid in the wake of Libya's 'unprecedented' flood disaster centred on the coastal city of Derna, have reached more than 146,000 in need, said the head of the UN support mission there (UNSMIL) on Monday.

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