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Libya floods: how climate change intensified the death and devastation

Climate change, civil war and international sanctions all contributed to the devastation caused by some of Libya’s worst flooding ever, researchers say.
  1. Michael Marshall

    1. Michael Marshall is a science journalist in Devon, UK.

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There are fears that 20,000 people have died in Libya in devastating floods that began on 11 September. The official death toll of more than 5,000 is likely to increase: at least another 10,000 people are missing.

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Nature 621, 452-453 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02899-6

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