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Parts of Derna, Libya, have been wiped off the map by the same storm that submerged parts of Greece. [1]

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Date: 2023-09-11

There are at least 2,000 dead and thousands missing after a strong low-pressure system named Storm Daniel passed over Libya today. Storm Daniel has wreaked havoc across the Mediterranean, with heavy rainfall in Istanbul, Bulgaria, and the Thessaly Plain (agricultural land) in Greece for a couple of weeks.

After the storm destroyed a quarter of Greece’s agricultural land, it moved back into the Mediterranean, intensified, and became Medicane Daniel.

CNN appears to be the only news outlet reporting on the crisis in Libya. “The remains of the storm are affecting northern Libya and will slowly head east toward northern Egypt. Rainfall for the next two days could reach 50mm – this region averages less than 10mm across the whole of September.”

CNN reports on Libya’s Prime Minister:

“Osama Hamad said in press statements that residential neighborhoods disappeared after the torrents swept them into the sea along with thousands of their residents, and the situation is catastrophic and unprecedented in Libya,” LANA reported. CNN has not been able to independently verify the number of deaths, and Hamad did not give a source for the number of dead and missing. Footage shared on social media shows submerged cars, collapsed buildings and torrents of water rushing through streets. Hamad called on medical personnel and medical assistants to go to the badly affected city of Derna in eastern Libya to provide assistance immediately. Video out of Derna shows catastrophic damage as rainfall reportedly broke through two dams, and water surged through the city, collapsing buildings and leaving no trace of blocks of neighborhood apartment buildings. A Mass Mortality event has likely occurred. These floods swept through at night when many were asleep. One tweet shares the Copernicus Sentinel 3 Satellite images that show a rotational sandstorm in the medicane. Truly, remarkable. x The last 3 days of #Medicane #Daniel 🌀as seen by #Sentinel3 🛰️. The storm has caused a massive disaster in Derna, Libya🇱🇾 due to dam bursts in a canyon just inland from the city (preliminary interpretation). Officials described the situation as "out of control!" pic.twitter.com/q2qMXGEaqT — YouStorm (@YouStormorg) September 11, 2023 x Floods and mudslides in #Derna #Libya with heavy rain fall and collapse of dam and situation is out of control. https://t.co/cd7GinlUpV — Jasmin.M ⵢⴰⵙⵎⵉⵏ (@Jasmin_Mansor) September 11, 2023

x No visual confirmation of the dam destruction yet ,but the extent of damage and the water wall Hight suggest sudden release of potential energy energy , that took away entire buildings.



the victims had no chance of surviving.#Derna #Libya https://t.co/QFlQDmbROM pic.twitter.com/djGHf9JZiQ — Mohamed Tailamun|محمد طيلمون (@MTailamun) September 11, 2023

x The city of Derna in eastern Libya has been declared a disaster zone after Medicane Daniel caused catastrophic flash flooding across the area overnight. Many residential buildings have been destroyed along the riverbanks. I fear we might be facing a mass casualty event. pic.twitter.com/QoVp8vzjpp — Nahel Belgherze (@WxNB_) September 11, 2023

Overall warming of up to 5°C in this century projected for the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

A new report prepared by an international group of scientists and published in the authoritative journal Reviews of Geophysics, identifies the EMME* as a climate change hot spot, and concludes that the region is warming almost two times faster than the global average, and more rapidly than other inhabited parts of the world. For the remainder of the century, projections based on a business-as-usual pathway indicate an overall warming of up to 5°C or more, being strongest in the summer, and associated with unprecedented heatwaves that can be societally disruptive. Further, the region will experience rainfall shortages that compromise water and food security. Virtually all socio-economic sectors are expected to be critically affected, with potentially devastating impacts on the health and livelihoods of the 400 million people of the EMME, with worldwide implications.

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