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Libya - Severe weather and floods, update (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 December 2024)

  • Heavy rainfall and strong winds affected north-western Lybia (in particular the Tripolitania region) over 5-6 December, causing floods and some severe weather-related incidents that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • Media report, as of 13 December, six fatalities, of which three in the Tarhuna village, Murqub district, two in the area of the Bani Walid city, Misrata district, and one more in the Garyan city, Jabal al Gharbi district, all in the Tripolitania region. In addition, media also report a number of flooded houses and some damaged houses by the strong wind across the region.
  • Over the next 96 hours, no more rainfall is forecast over the whole country.