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UN Mission Chief Updates Security Council on Libya Flood Disaster

Humanitarians delivering aid in the wake of Libya's "unprecedented" flood disaster centred on the coastal city of Derna, have reached more than 146,000 in need, said the head of the UNnited Nations (UN) support mission there.

Briefing the Security Council, Abdoulaye Bathily noted the thousands of lives lost by the dam bursts which destroyed whole neighbourhoods after Storm Daniel slammed the region on 10 September.

The Special Representative told ambassadors that despite the sense of national unity and compassion shown by ordinary Libyans, the disaster had revealed "severe governance deficits" across the divided nation, with its two rival administrations: the internationally recognized Government in Tripoli and the Benghazi-based parliament in the east.

Previously, authorities in eastern Libya announced that an international conference to aid reconstruction efforts would be held in Derna to restore damage sustained during devastating floods that left thousands dead.

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Flood damage in Derna, Libya.

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