Why did Libya’s floods leave so many people dead?
The Take
English - September 14, 2023 04:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 324 ratingsNews Society & Culture aj+ world journalism reporters al jazeera global news news podcasts international news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Flooding in eastern Libya centered around the city of Derna has left about 6,000 dead and thousands more missing. With deep divisions between Libya’s two rival governments, questions are being asked about how prepared Libya was for such a disaster. We speak to Libyans and a climate change expert to get the latest on the disaster.
In this episode:
Ayat Mneina (@AMneina), Libyan writer and researcher
Malik Traina (@libyanmind), Al Jazeera Libya correspondent
Ahmed Tarabolsi, doctor from Benghazi
Tarek Megerisi (@Tmegrisi), EFCR Senior Policy Fellow
Karim Elgendy (@NomadandSettler), Chatham House Senior Fellow
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by David Enders, Ashish Malhotra, Zaina Badr and our host Malika Bilal. Chloe K Li, Amy Walters and Sonia Bhagat fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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