Libya was mired in chaos and corruption. For years, warnings the Derna dams may burst went unheeded

18-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 42

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. But successive governments in the chaos-stricken North African nation did not react.

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