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One of Libya's most important ancient sites is at risk of collapsing after catastrophic floods.
Five members of a Greek humanitarian aid team died in a road accident in Libya.
With better functioning coordination in crisis-wracked Lebanon, the human toll could have been far smaller, the UN's World Meteorological Organization said.
A Qatari plane has flown into eastern Libya to help survivors of Storm Daniel, which has killed thousands of people and caused widespread destruction.
![Storm Daniel as it moved north of Benghazi towards the Libyan coast before making landfall. [Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel - 3B satellite]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/2023-09/20230910_StormDanielInTheMediterraneanSea.jpg?h=155c2db7&itok=n-0nfkQu)
Meteorologists have noted that storms like the one which killed thousands of people in Libya are relatively rare and come amid a major and unsettling change in the weather in the Mediterranean region.
Natural disasters have ravaged North African countries in recent days, with Storm Daniel wreaking havoc in eastern Libya and Friday's Marrakech-Safi earthquake devastating many villages and towns in Morocco's Atlas Mountains.
Even as Yemen’s slow-burning civil war has disappeared from the news of the day, the parallel crisis of extreme weather continues to batter a country more often spotlighted for the spectre of famine.
East Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar has long been allied with Russia and has this week held talks with Putin in Moscow.
![Haftar made political and military appointments in defiance of Libya's government [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/2021-08/GettyImages-1060717650.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=w2G653RP)
Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian officials on Tuesday following recent disturbances in eastern Libya and the aftermath of Storm Daniel.
Water stress and scarcity have increased food insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa region. The climate crisis has affected rainfall patterns, resulting in drier conditions. Sustainable governance is needed to ensure water is rationalised.