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CNN  —  Following a civil war and a political standoff that has lasted almost a decade, Libya is struggling to deal with a catastrophic flood that is believed to have killed at least 5,300 people and left over 10,000 missing in the country’s northeast.

In the days after a powerful storm lashed Libyas coastline and floodwaters from two burst dams swept part of the city of Derna into the sea, authorities have understandably focused on the living, racing to find and evacuate survivors. But they also must contend with the dead, to collect and bury the growing number of victims before their bodies turn Derna into a massive contamination site.

More than 5,000 people are presumed dead and 10,000 missing after heavy rains in northeastern Libya caused two dams to collapse.

Torrential waters and landslides have washed some antiquities away from the Unesco world heritage site while exposing others for the first time

Relief efforts are underway as human cost of extreme-weather tragedy unfolds

Christian leaders in North Africa are expressing their grief, as the powerful Mediterranean Cyclone Daniel killed thousands of people in the province of Cyrenaica in eastern Libya.

UN have issued a flash appeal worth $71.4 million to meet the urgent needs of Libyans suffering from devastating floods.

Libya flood responders plead for international support as contaminated flood water and lack of medical supplies put lives at risk.

Over a decade of bloody power battles in Libya have resulted in vital infrastructure falling into disrepair, culminating in the catastrophic death toll in Sunday's flood, politicians and analysts have said.The power battles have repeatedly degenerated into deadly conflict, but a 2020 ceasefire that brought an end to a bloody assault by Haftar's forces on Tripoli, has largely held.

Two aircrafts of the Qatari Air Bridge for flood victims in east Libya arrived on Thursday at Benina International Airport in Benghazi, Qatar News Agency reports. According to the report,...