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Dozens feared drowned crossing Mediterranean from Libya, aid group says
A rescue group said some 60 people died while aboard a deflating rubber dinghy that drifted for days in the Mediterranean after leaving Libya. The group rescued 25 survivors.
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A rescue group said some 60 people died while aboard a deflating rubber dinghy that drifted for days in the Mediterranean after leaving Libya. The group rescued 25 survivors.
Libya and Tunisia are principal departure points for migrants risking dangerous sea voyages in hopes of reaching Europe.
Disease outbreaks could bring "a second devastating crisis" to Libya a week after a huge flash flood shattered Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths.
The floods overwhelmed two dams, sending a wall of water several meters high through the center of Derna, destroying entire neighborhoods and sweeping people out to sea.
Some estimates say over 11,000 people in eastern Libya have died following catastrophic floods this week. Ciarán Donnelly, the senior vice president for crisis response, recovery and development at the International Rescue Committee, joins CBS News to discuss the challenges facing recovery efforts.
Thousands are reported dead in Libya in catastrophic flooding after two dams burst, washing away whole neighborhoods in Derna. CBS News' senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams reports.
The exact death toll from Libya's devastating flooding remained unclear Thursday. However, the Libyan Red Crescent aid organization estimated that at least 11,300 people have been killed and more than 10,000 remain unaccounted for.
With survivors still desperately hoping to find the bodies of lost loved ones in debris-choked towns and cities, the United Nations said most of the thousands of deaths from floods in Libya could have been avoided. Kasim Mahjoub, a civil engineer on the ground in Libya, joined CBS News to discuss why the death toll is so high.
Libyan officials warn the death toll from flooding in the city of Derna could reach 20,000 people. Health officials in the country tell the Associated Press at least 5,500 are confirmed dead. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more.
The death toll has passed 5,300, authorities say, after a Mediterranean storm triggered terrible floods Sunday in Libya. Two dams collapsed in the city of Derna, where waves rose more than 20 feet, sweeping away families and city blocks. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has more on the search effort that's been impeded by collapsed roads and bridges. Then Dr. Nagib Al-Tarhouni joined CBS News by phone to discuss the situation on the ground.
The U.N.'s grim assessment will compound the pain for tens of thousands of people still desperately searching flood debris for their missing loved ones.
The Libyan port city of Derna was hit hardest by catastrophic floodwaters caused by Mediterranean Storm Daniel.
As residents and emergency workers continued sifting Wednesday through mangled debris to collect the bodies of victims, officials put the death toll in Derna alone at more than 5,100.
The city of Derna in eastern Libya was home to nearly 100,000 people when Mediterranean Storm Daniel struck, causing catastrophic flooding. As CBS News' Holly Williams reports, one Libyan official says more than 5,000 people were killed. The Red Cross previously said 10,000 were missing.
The devastating flooding in Libya wreaked havoc on the city of Derna on the Mediterranean coast and other places in the northern African nation.
Rescuers in eastern Libya have uncovered more than 1,000 victims after devastating floods from a powerful storm, an official said. The Red Cross says around 10,000 people are missing.
At least 2,000 people are dead after powerful storm floods wiped out coastal towns in Libya over the weekend. Authorities have not been able to access the hardest hit area in the coastal city of Derna, where thousands are believed to be missing.
A Libyan official who visited Derna said "25% of the city has disappeared," and he expects the final toll to be "really, really big."
The head of one of Libya's rival governments said devastating flooding caused by a weekend storm may have carried away thousands of people.
Ex-Italian PM Giuliano Amato called on France's Emmanuel Macron to confirm or refute the claim, suggesting the jet was downed "in complicity with the Americans."
At least 55 people were killed and more than 100 others were injured following violence in Libya's capital this week. Fighting broke out between two militias on Monday in Tripoli. Alden Young, a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute and an associate professor of African American studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, joined CBS News to discuss the unrest.
A fresh wave of violence engulfed the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Monday evening. At least 55 people died and 146 were injured.
The "survivors who made it back to Libyan shores in extremely dire conditions are currently in the hospital," the agency said.
The alleged bomb-maker in the 1988 terrorist attack that destroyed Pan Am flight 103 and killed 270 people was charged Monday in U.S. federal court. CBS News investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge joins CBS News to discuss the tragedy and Monday's court appearance of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud.
Libyan national Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud is suspected of making the bomb that exploded on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988, killing 270 people.
Microsoft said 8.5 million devices running its Windows operating system were affected by the outage that affected consumers and businesses across the globe.
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A popular doctor's brutal murder baffles investigators until digital clues lead to three unusual suspects.
A popular doctor's brutal murder baffles investigators until digital clues lead to three unusual suspects.
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The high school where the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, attended in Pennsylvania also said it has "no record" of him trying out for the rifle team as it had been widely reported.
The German-based sportswear company drew criticism from Israel for including supermodel Bella Hadid in the advertising for the SL72 shoes.
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It was the pair's first event together since they became the GOP's nominees at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
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Last month, Jackson Lee revealed that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
The virtual ballot will show Biden "as the presumptive and only qualified nominee," but there's an option for delegates to mark their own preference, as there was in 2020.
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A warning of a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak affecting 12 states, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, was issued by the CDC Friday afternoon linking infections to sliced meat at deli counters.
Researchers have published more than 24,000 papers on long COVID — a constellation of health effects such as shortness of breath, fatigue, brain fog and heart failure that last months or years after the initial infection.
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Students, frustrated by shortages of good jobs, have been demanding an end to a quota that reserved 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971.
Al-Masirah TV, a media outlet controlled by Houthi rebels in Yemen reported the airstrikes in the port city of Hodeidah.
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Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley talks with Anthony Mason about his songwriting process for the band's new album, following up the hit song "Heat Waves" and becoming more confident as a writer.
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The cosmos is providing a full moon for the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing this weekend, and plenty of other events honor Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's giant leap.
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