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CAIRO—The warnings were clear but went unheeded. Experts had long said that floods posed a significant danger to two dams meant to protect nearly 90,000 people in the northeast of Libya. They repeatedly called for immediate maintenance to the two structures, located just uphill from the coastal city of Derna.…
The warnings were clear but went unheeded.
In-depth: Libya's divided and dysfunctional political system bears part of the blame for the magnitude of loss in the catastrophic flooding.
Despite Libya’s oil wealth, the country’s infrastructure has largely been ignored because of political chaos and corruption. Experts had warned of the dams near Derna for years, but no action was taken, resulting in the deaths of more than 11,000 residents.
Experts had warned for years that floods pose a significant danger to two dams meant to protect 90,000 people in northeastern Libya.