Heavy Rain's, Flooding and Evacuations

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Dam in Norway partially bursts after days of heavy rain, flooding and evacuations

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A dam in southern Norway partially burst Wednesday following days of heavy rain that triggered landslides and flooding in the mountainous region and forced downstream communities to evacuate, officials said.

https://apnews.com/article/europe-weather-storm-floods-landslides-659d9554e1c8b4957076a1904c16f2ec?

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"Historic flooding event" in Greece dumps more than 2 feet of rain in just a few hours

Greece is being hit with another round of extreme weather after weeks of experiencing drought, wildfires and intense heat. Within the span of just hours, some areas of the country received more than two feet of rain and at least one person was killed as the storm continued to move toward the Mediterranean Sea where it could transform into what's known as a "medicane."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/greece-historic-flooding-more-than-2-feet-of-rain-in-just-a-few-hours/

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Flooding in Libya leaves 2,000 people feared dead and more missing after storm collapsed dams

CAIRO (AP) — Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighborhoods in multiple coastal towns in the east of the North African nation. As many as 2,000 people were feared dead, one of the country’s leaders said Monday.

https://apnews.com/article/derna-disaster-zone-libya-storm-daniel-floods-8fac4fe35b962242568ff219456c6870?

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Red Cross official says 10,000 people are missing after deadly floods in eastern Libya The head of delegation for Libya for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says that 10,000 people are missing after devastating flooding in the North African country, warning that the death toll could reach thousands. Read more.

Why this matters: Tamer Ramadan, Libya envoy for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, speaking to reporters at U.N. briefing in Geneva via videoconference from Tunisia on Tuesday said the death toll was “huge” and expected to reach into the thousands in the coming days.   Rescue teams struggled amid the devastation in eastern Libya, retrieving hundreds of bodies from the rubble in a coastal city that has been inundated, a humanitarian agency said Tuesday.   One challenge of coordinating the response is Libya’s parallel governments, divided between rival administrations in the east and in the west. The conflict has left the oil-rich North African country with crumbling and inadequate infrastructure.

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Searchers race to recover bodies in Libya as death toll from flooding hits 5,100

DERNA, Libya (AP) — Search teams combed streets, wrecked buildings and even the sea Wednesday to look for bodies in a coastal Libyan city where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed at least 5,100 people.

https://apnews.com/article/libya-floods-derna-storm-daniel-39081eb32e4fd426119f4b486c9c2ade?

?? Satellites show scale of Libya floods

Satellite images of Derna, Libya, captured on Sept. 2 and 12. Satellite photo: Planet Labs PBC Satellite images taken before and after floodwaters in Libya burst through dams and wiped out buildings and entire neighborhoods show the sheer scale of the deadly destruction, Axios' Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath writes. Officials fear the death toll could exceed 5,000. Satellite images of Derna, Libya, captured on Sept. 2 and 12. Satellite photo: Planet Labs PBC

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Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, aid group says

DERNA, Libya (AP) — The death toll in Libya’s coastal city of Derna has soared to 11,300 as search efforts continue following a massive flood fed by the breaching of two dams in heavy rains, the Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday.

https://apnews.com/article/libya-floods-derna-storm-daniel-mass-graves-21b1a195d261a642e12dac13f0d19431?

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Death toll in Libya flooding hits 11,300 as rescuers search for another 10,000 missing

Residents and aid groups gathered the bodies of those who were washed out to sea when historic rain caused dams to burst and sent millions of cubic meters of floodwater through the center of Derna.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/libya-floods-derna-death-toll-search-missing-rcna105455?