Devastation in Derna after floods in east Libya, September 2023 (Sky)


I joined Dublin NewsTalk’s Pat Kenny Show to explain why flooding in east Libya has causing so much devastation, killing several thousand — and possibly tens of thousands — of residents.

I evaluate the combination of a Mediterranean “medicane” fed by climate change, the poor infrastructure, the political division, and the military faction ruling the east of the country.

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