More Than 5,000 Feared Dead After Storm Batters Libya
More Than 5,000 Feared Dead After Storm Batters Libya
Thousands more missing amid flooding in North African country’s east
By Jared MalsinFollow
, Benoit FauconFollow
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Updated Sept. 12, 2023 2:14 pm ETShareResize
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Libyan authorities struggled to reach survivors and provide food, water and shelter to tens of thousands of people after a lethal storm that officials say likely killed thousands in the country’s worst natural disaster in decades.
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