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The Wadi Derna is a river valley in Libya which leads down from the Jebel Akhdar mountains to the port city of Derna. Like many other wadis in North Africa, it is an intermittent riverbed that for much of its length contains water only when heavy rain occurs. [1] It is 75 kilometres (47 mi) long [2] and drains a drainage basin of 575 km 2.
The Derna dam collapses were the catastrophic failures of two dams in Derna, Libya, on the night of 10–11 September 2023, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel.The collapse of the Derna Dam and the Abu Mansour Dam released an estimated 30 million cubic meters (39 million cubic yards) of water, [6] [7] causing flooding downstream as the Wadi Derna overflowed its banks.
Flash floods were unleashed down Wadi Derna, a river running from the mountains through the city and into the sea. The wall of water “erased everything in its way,” said one resident, Ahmed ...
The Mediterranean city of Derna has struggled to get help after Sunday night’s deluge washed away most access roads. ... sending floodwaters roaring down the Wadi Derna river and through the ...
But the major destruction would come hours later, when two dams located on the Wadi Derna River burst, creating a wall of water that destroyed everything in its path. The greatest devastation was ...
However, Derna is near the fertile upland area of eastern Libya, which is the wettest region in the country, receiving some 600 millimetres (24 in) of precipitation annually. [citation needed] The city is built along the Wadi Derna, an ephemeral river that is dry much of the year.
Flash floods were unleashed down Wadi Derna, a river running from the mountains through the city and into the sea. People walk through debris after a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Libya ...
A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing river dams upstream from Libya's northeastern city of Derna on the night of September 10 and razed entire neighbourhoods, sweeping untold ...