Libya: Mission chief updates Security Council on flood disaster ‘beyond imagination’

Humanitarians delivering aid in the wake of Libya’s “unprecedented” flood disaster centred on the coastal city of Derna, have reached more than 146,000 in need, said the head of the UN support mission there (UNSMIL) on Monday.

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Libya: Mission chief updates Security Council on flood disaster ‘beyond imagination’

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