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☆ Cairo: The capital of capitals evolving in the shadow of ancient mysteries
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Richard Quest | Joe Minihane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —There are cities, there are capitals and then there is Cairo. Chaotic, enchanting and magnificent, the Egyptian capital is awe inspiring and home to a raw energy that’s all its own. A world-class museumThe Grand Egyptian Museum has been decades in the making. Fadel Dawod/Getty ImagesAway from the bustle of central Cairo is something equally, quintessentially Egyptian. Close to Aswan, around 140 miles south of Luxor, lies Philae, an ancient temple with an equally amazing modern history.

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☆ Opinion | The Unimaginable Has Happened in Libya
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Ethan Chorin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

This week, the worst storm in recent memory pounded the Green Mountains in eastern Libya with rain, pushing two poorly maintained, half-century-old dams to their limit. Many people in Libya are calling what happened a tsunami, not a flood, to attempt to capture the physics and power of the devastation. For Libya it will be impossible, given the disaster zone’s sudden isolation, lack of equipment and depth of the country’s political dysfunction. But it’s the United States’ unique and tragic history in Libya, its technical expertise and depth of resources in the region, that create a moral obligation for America to step into this breach. The United States left most of the rebuilding to its European allies.

Persons: Libya’s, Muammar Gaddafi, Gaddafi’s Organizations: United Locations: Libya, Derna, Derna’s, Italy, United States, Benghazi, NATO

☆ What We Know About the Deadly Floods in Libya
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Raja Abdulrahim | More About Raja Abdulrahim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Thousands more were missing in Derna and other flooded areas, and the death toll is likely to rise, local officials said. The devastating floods have blocked roads and effectively cut off access to Derna, city officials said. Complicating the rescue effort in Libya is its division between an internationally recognized government based in Tripoli and a separately administered region in the east. Here’s what we know about the flooding in Libya. A powerful storm moved through the Mediterranean Sea last week, swamping Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria before making its way to Libya, where it battered the coast over the weekend.

Persons: dousing Shahhat, Bayda, Marj Organizations: Facebook Locations: Libya, Derna, Tripoli, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Al, Benghazi

☆ Podcast: Deadly floods rip through Libyan city of Derna
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Thousands are feared dead after devastating floods in Libya. North Korea’s leader arrives in Russia with Washington warning Kim Jong Un and Putin against an arms deal. Apple prepares to unveil its latest iPhone as problems brew for the company in China. Plus, auto workers brace for strike action in Detroit and Morocco’s desperate search for survivors. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, Putin, Kim Jong Organizations: Apple, Google, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Libya, North, Russia, Washington, China, Detroit, Korea, Morocco

☆ Catastrophic Floods Devastate Libya
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Matthew Cullen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The authorities in Libya estimated that at least 5,000 people have died, and thousands more are believed to be missing, after heavy rain submerged the coastal city of Derna, destroyed roads and swept entire neighborhoods into the sea. The storm caused two dams to burst, destroying much of Derna, on Libya’s northeast coast. Citizens who escaped the city left “as if they were born today, with nothing,” one army official said. One local official said today that a third dam, located between Derna and the larger city of Benghazi, was also on the brink of collapse. Libya, a North African nation splintered by a war, was ill-prepared for the storm which swept across the Mediterranean Sea.

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☆ Video shows Ukrainian special forces retaking control of gas drilling platforms in the Black Sea during daring raid
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine said on Monday it had recaptured several offshore drilling rigs in the Black Sea. The two-day raid, dubbed "Battle for the Sea," was part of a special forces operation. The platforms were occupied by Russia since 2015 and used for military purposes, according to Ukraine. The 13-minute-long edited video, released on Monday, shows special forces regaining control of the Petro Godovanets and Ukraina drilling rigs, as well as the self-elevating Tavrida and Syvash drilling platforms. Advertisement Advertisement Watch: The true cost of Ukraine's dam disaster"On the drilling platforms, the Russians set up warehouses with ammunition and fuel for helicopters," the video says, according to a BBC translation.

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☆ Mapping Where Floods Have Devastated a Libyan Port City
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Lauren Leatherand Lazaro Gamio | Lazaro Gamio | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A view of Derna, a city on the coast of Libya that suffered catastrophic flooding. Esam Omran Al-Fetori/ReutersMapping Where Floods Have Devastated a Libyan Port CityThe layout of the city of Derna, on the northeastern coast of Libya, amplified the extreme damage wrought by flooding there over the weekend. The floods have killed at least 2,300 people, according to a Libyan ambulance and emergency services department, and 10,000 more are believed to be missing. As the port city was inundated by Storm Daniel, which made landfall in Libya on Sunday, riverbanks swelled, bridges were washed out and two dams farther up the wadi burst, adding their waters to the deluge. Al Sahaba Mosque Wadi Collapsed bridge To Mediterranean Wadi Collapsed bridge Al Sahaba Mosque To Mediterranean Wadi Collapsed bridge Al Sahaba Mosque To Mediterranean Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Persons: Omran, Storm Daniel Organizations: Port, Agence Locations: Libya, Port City, Derna, Libyan, Benghazi, Al Sahaba, Agence France

☆ Libya floods wipe out quarter of city, 10,000 feared missing
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Ayman Werfali | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

NEAR DERNA, Libya, Sept 12 (Reuters) - At least 10,000 people were feared missing in Libya on Tuesday in floods caused by a huge storm, which burst dams, swept away buildings and wiped out as much as a quarter of the eastern city of Derna. "The number of bodies recovered in Derna is more 1,000," he said. "I am not exaggerating when I say that 25% of the city has disappeared. [1/5]People are stuck on a road as a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Shahhat city, Libya, September 11, 2023. Libya is politically divided between east and west and public services have crumbled since a 2011 NATO-backed uprising that prompted years of conflict.

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More than 5,000 people were killed in Libya after torrential rains caused two dams to burst near the coastal city of Derna, destroying much of the city and carrying entire neighborhoods into the sea, local authorities said on Tuesday. Libya, a North African nation splintered by a war, was ill-prepared for the storm, called Daniel, which swept across the Mediterranean Sea to batter its coastline. The country is administered by two rival governments, complicating rescue and aid efforts, and its infrastructure had been poorly maintained after more than a decade of political chaos. In the city of Derna alone, at least 5,200 people died, said Tarek al-Kharraz, a spokesman for the interior ministry of the government that oversees Eastern Libya, according to the Libyan television station al-Masar. At least 20,000 people were displaced.

Persons: Daniel, Tarek al Organizations: Eastern, Libyan Locations: Libya, Derna, African, Eastern Libya

☆ Libya Flood Disaster Survivors Tell of Miracle Escapes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

At the entrance to Derna, in eastern Libya, where a storm swelled a river and burst two dams, sending flood waters crashing through the city early on Monday, a group of survivors stood looking for shelter with their homes destroyed. Raja Sassi, 39, survived the flood with his wife and small daughter after water had reached an upper floor, but the rest of his family had died, he said. Saliha Abu Bakr, a 46-year-old lawyer, said she and her two sisters had survived the disaster, but her mother had died. The flood waters rushed into their apartment almost up to the ceiling and for what she said felt like three hours she held a piece of furniture trying to stay afloat. The flood waters receded and they left the building shortly before it collapsed with her mother inside.

Persons: Ahmed Elumami DERNA, Raja Sassi, Nouriya, Safia Mustafa, Obai, Saliha Abu Bakr, Ahmed Elumami, Angus McDowall, Alex Richardson Organizations: Reuters Locations: Libya, Derna

Thousands of people have been killed in Libya in the flooding caused by heavy rains that devastated parts of the country this weekend, a disaster exacerbated by the collapse of two dams in the coastal city of Derna, aid agencies said on Tuesday. Tamer Ramadan, head of the Libya delegation for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, said the death toll from the flooding was expected to reach thousands in coming days. Speaking to reporters at a U.N. briefing via videoconference from Tunisia, he said 10,000 people were missing, and that those figures were based on reports from the Libyan Red Crescent on the ground. A Libyan ambulance and emergency services department said least 2,300 people had died and more than 5,000 were missing after heavy rainfall over the weekend in the northeast of Libya swelled waters over riverbanks, sweeping away homes and cutting off roads. The collapse of the dams, south of Derna, deepened the disaster after they unleashed water that swept through the city and carried “entire neighborhoods” into the sea, Ahmed al-Mismari, a spokesman for the Libyan National Army, the dominant political force in the area, said in a televised news conference on Monday.

Persons: Tamer Ramadan, Ahmed al Organizations: International Federation of Red, Red Crescent Societies, Crescent, Libyan National Army Locations: Libya, Derna, videoconference, Tunisia, Libyan

☆ Libya flood disaster survivors tell of miracle escapes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Ahmed Elumami | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

At the entrance to Derna, in eastern Libya, where a storm swelled a river and burst two dams, sending flood waters crashing through the city early on Monday, a group of survivors stood looking for shelter with their homes destroyed. Saliha Abu Bakr, a 46-year-old lawyer, said she and her two sisters had survived the disaster, but her mother had died. The flood waters rushed into their apartment almost up to the ceiling and for what she said felt like three hours she held a piece of furniture trying to stay afloat. The flood waters receded and they left the building shortly before it collapsed with her mother inside. Reporting by Ahmed Elumami in Derna, writing by Angus McDowall, Editing by Alex RichardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Raja Sassi, Nouriya, Safia Mustafa, Obai, Saliha Abu Bakr, Ahmed Elumami, Angus McDowall, Alex Richardson Organizations: Thomson Locations: DERNA, Libya, Derna

"We can confirm from our independent sources of information that the number of missing people is hitting 10,000 so far," he told reporters via video link. 'NEVER FELT AS FRIGHTENED'[1/6]People are stuck on a road as a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Shahhat city, Libya, September 11. At Tripoli airport in northwest Libya, a woman started to wail loudly as she received a call saying most of her family were dead or missing. "If a huge flood happens the result will be catastrophic for the people of the wadi and the city," the paper said. Pope Francis was among world leaders who said they were deeply saddened by the deaths and destruction in Libya.

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☆ Blue Nile: Ethiopia says it has filled the reservoir on its highly controversial megadam project
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —Ethiopia announced on Sunday it had completed the fourth and final phase of filling a reservoir for its huge and controversial hydroelectric power plant on the Blue Nile, a project that Egypt and Sudan have long opposed. Construction of the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) began in 2011 and Ethiopia sees the project as crucial to powering its economic development. Egypt and Sudan, however, consider the project a serious threat to their vital water supplies. “Congratulations to all on the fourth filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. With a projected capacity of more than 6,000 megawatts, Ethiopia sees GERD as the centerpiece of its bid to become Africa’s biggest power exporter.

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☆ At least 26 killed in Nigeria ferry accident
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ABUJA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - At least 26 people died and several others were missing after a ferry capsized on a reservoir in north central Nigeria on Sunday, local officials said, the second such major accident to hit the region in three months. Bologi Ibrahim, the spokesperson for the governor of Niger state, said the boat was carrying more than 100 people, including women and children, in the Mokwa local government area of the state. The victims were going to their farms across a major dam, said Ibrahim. In July, more than 100 people died when an overloaded boat capsized in a remote part of Niger state, in one of the worst such disasters in recent years. Reporting by Camillus Eboh Writing by MacDonald Dzirutwe Editing by Peter GraffOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Bologi Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Camillus Eboh, MacDonald Dzirutwe, Peter Graff Organizations: Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Thomson Locations: ABUJA, Nigeria, Niger

☆ Ethiopia says it has completed filling of disputed dam project's reservoir
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Dawit Endeshaw | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ADDIS ABABA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Sunday it had completed the fourth and final phase of filling a reservoir for its planned massive hydroelectric power plant on the Blue Nile, a project that Egypt and Sudan have long opposed. Construction of the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) began in 2011 and Ethiopia sees the project as crucial to powering its economic development. "Congratulations to all on the fourth filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. With a projected capacity of more than 6,000 megawatts, Ethiopia sees GERD as the centrepiece of its bid to become Africa's biggest power exporter. Reporting by Dawit Endeshaw; Writing by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Burning Man attendees make mass exodus after a dramatic weekend that left thousands stuck in the Nevada desert
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Christina Maxouris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Thousands of Burning Man attendees finally made their mass exodus after intense rain over the weekend flooded camp sites and filled them with thick, ankle-deep mud, stranding more than 70,000 free-spirited revelers as they waited for the Nevada desert city to dry out. Thousands of people waited hours Monday to leave Burning Man in Nevada's Black Rock City. But that’s not unusual: It’s taken between six to nine hours during peak travel times in past years, according to a Burning Man website. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY/ReutersWhy did the rain have such an impact on Burning Man? ” The heaviest rain fell in far eastern Churchill & Pershing counties, with totals close to 2.5”!”Pershing County is where Burning Man takes place.

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☆ BHP says Brazilian court approves Samarco debt reorganisation plan
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Melanie Burton/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 4 (Reuters) - Australian mining giant BHP (BHP.AX) said on Monday a Brazilian court had approved the reorganisation plan for its Samarco joint venture, clearing the path for the cash-strapped Brazilian miner to move ahead with a $3.7 billion debt restructuring. On Sept. 1, the Second Business Court of Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, formalised Samarco's restructuring plan as part of the ongoing proceedings, BHP said. The reorganisation plan for Samarco, an iron ore miner that is 50% owned by BHP and 50% by Vale (VALE3.SA), allows for the Brazilian miner's existing financial debt to be exchanged for up to $3.7 billion of long-term unsecured debt, BHP said. "The new long-term debt will remain non-recourse to Samarco's shareholders, BHP Brasil and Vale," BHP said in a statement. Samarco, Vale, BHP Brazil, and the federal government of Brazil alongside other public authorities established the Renova Foundation to bring to force socio-economic programs to provide compensation for damage caused by the Samarco dam failure.

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But after the destruction of a major dam just downriver, that shimmering lake, one of Europe’s biggest, simply disappeared. For 60-plus years, the Bezhan family ran a fishing business on these shores. They bought boats, nets, freezers and enormous rumbling ice-making machines, and generation after generation made a living off the fish. But now there are no fish. Then it would take another 10 years for the fish to grow — for some species, 20.”

Persons: ”, Serhii Bezhan Locations: Ukraine

☆ JPMorgan upgrades this mining stock, says shares look too cheap to ignore
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Shares of metals and mining company Vale look too cheap to ignore after a major de-rating, according to JPMorgan. Analyst Rodolfo Angele upgraded Vale to overweight from neutral, citing an inexpensive valuation after the more than 27% slump in shares year to date. VALE YTD mountain Vale shares in 2023 "Vale had a very challenging start to the year, marked by low volumes, operating challenges and high costs," he wrote. Angele lifted his price target on U.S.-listed shares to $16 from $15, reflecting more than 21% upside from Thursday's close. Along with the discounted stock price, Angele sees an attractive short-term setup for volumes as operations return to the Torto dam.

Persons: Rodolfo Angele, Vale, Angele, Michael Bloom Organizations: JPMorgan, Vale Locations: China, 4Q23

☆ Fact Check-Video shows 2022 floods in Venezuela, not Chile in August 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A widely-shared video of a car and a tree being washed away during floods was shot in Maracay, Venezuela in 2022 not – as many are wrongly saying online - in Santiago, Chile in 2023. Two people died and thousands have been evacuated or left homeless after rains caused flooding in central-southern Chile, Reuters reported on Aug. 21, 2023 (here). Examples of posts wrongly describing the 2022 Venezuela video as a scene from Chile can be seen on Facebook (here) and on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter (here) (here). A building with the words “Walio Supermercado” (ibb.co/qd4rkgV) can be seen in the background in a longer version of the clip (imgur.com/gallery/yNNfEyf). Video shows floods in Venezuela in October 2022, not Chile in August 2023.

Persons: Read Organizations: Reuters, Facebook Locations: Maracay, Venezuela, Santiago , Chile, Chile, Colombia, Venezuelan, El Castano

☆ Klamath, California: The Salmon Festival is not serving salmon this year, with the hope of restoring a food central to area tribes
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Nick Watt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The Yurok Tribe’s annual salmon festival in Klamath, California, is a little different this year. Kids play a traditional Yurok sport known as the "stick game" at the Salmon Festival in Klamath, California. Julian Quinones/CNN“The smell of salmon should be in the air,” said Gerogianna Gensaw, a Yurok member whose husband is a salmon fisherman, and who feeds her kids salmon nearly every day in life. “It feels like having a party, but your favorite person isn’t there.”Salmon are central to the Yurok, whose territory stretches 40 miles or so up the Klamath River from this beautiful, rugged coast. Julian Quinones/CNNBut despite a lack of the sweet smell of cooking salmon at this year’s festival, there is a festive air.

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☆ Patricia Kowsmann — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Patricia Kowsmann | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Patricia KowsmannPatricia Kowsmann is a Europe finance reporter for The Wall Street Journal. She covers all things touching money, including banks, financial scandals, economic sanctions and crypto. She was a finalist in the 2014 Sabew Awards and the British Press Awards for uncovering a financial scandal at Portuguese lender Banco Espírito Santo, which ended up collapsing. She previously covered the eurozone crisis from Portugal, banks in London and the financial and real-estate sectors in Singapore. She started her career at the Journal covering corporate filings in Washington.

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Xinhua/Shutterstock‘Absolutely safe’As heavy rains moved toward the region in late July, China’s top flood control officials met to hash out their response plan. The flood was caused by flood water discharge, not by heavy rainfall.”CNN has reached out to the Zhuozhou and Bazhou governments for comment. Rescuers use rubber boats to transfer Zhuozhou residents trapped by flood waters after days of downpours brought by Typhoon Doksuri on August 2. In the recent rains, at least three upstream reservoirs released flood waters into rivers flowing into Baiyingdian from the west and the south, according to state media. Many countries have systems that involve discharging pent up flood waters into otherwise dry land after major storms.

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☆ Six Ways to Enjoy Your Time in Amsterdam
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Noëlle De Leeuw | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

And understandably so — you’re meandering along the canals one minute, mingling with a van Gogh the next. Looking for a little latitude in Amsterdam is far from impossible — it just takes a bit of strategy. Be your own captainThe best way to enjoy Amsterdam is, quite undeniably, from the water. All over the city, there are stations where you can rent small electric boats that suit the size of your group. Motor a little outside the city, to, say, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel — a small town on the Amstel River, about six miles south of Amsterdam — where it’s wonderfully serene.

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