Tag: MISSING

Flood in Libya: 10,000 people missing – Red Cross

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Libyan Flood

About 10,000 people are missing after the devastating flooding in Libya, said the head of the Libya office of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Tamer Ramadan made the comment at a UN press conference in Geneva on Tuesday via video link. The storm system known as Daniel began dumping rain on Libya on Sunday, leading to catastrophic flooding in eastern parts of the country. Hundreds of people have already been buried in the particularly hard-hit city of Derna, where two dams burst.

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TYPHOON MOLAVE LEAVES 39 DEAD, 44 MISSING IN VIETNAM

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Vietnam Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control today said Typhoon Molave has left 39 people dead and 44 others missing in Vietnam’s central and central highlands regions. The fatalities, up from 36 reported on Tuesday, were recorded in Quang Nam, Nghe An, Dak Lak and Gia Lai provinces, while the missing were reported mostly in Quang Nam and Binh Dinh provinces, according to the committee. As at 7 a.m. local time today, 26 communes in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces still suffered from power outage. In…

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