IN THE PRESS – Wednesday, September 13: We look at how Libya’s political deadlock is exacerbating the current situation in a country suffocated by deadly floods. But politics isn’t the only factor, an emerging field in climate sciences is linking extreme weather events to global warming driven by human activity, the Washington Post reports. We also take a look at how the international media cover the 30-year anniversary of the Oslo Accords and finish with an exciting new discovery from the James Webb Telescope.
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Rescue teams stepped up a massive effort to bring relief to devastated Moroccan mountain villages Wednesday as the chances faded fast for finding survivors from the powerful earthquake which killed 2,900 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless. Issued on: 13/09/2023 – 11:52 2 min Vehicles packed with supplies were inching up winding mountain roads to deliver desperately needed food and tents to survivors of the nation’s deadliest quake in more than six decades.Search teams were in places still scouring the rubble for the living. Morocco is now well past the 72-hour window when rescues are considered most likely, yet…
Issued on: 13/09/2023 – 07:02Modified: 13/09/2023 – 07:50 01:00 Dax Bennet Roque, Country Director for Libya, Norwegian Refugee Council said there was an urgent need for funding in response to the floods in Libya, and especially in the eastern part of the country. “There are needs concerning infrastructure, damaged phones, damaged water stations, damaged dams”, he said. Read more on related topics:
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Issued on: 11/09/2023 – 15:22Modified: 11/09/2023 – 15:26 01:28 © france24 In the tourist hub of Marrakesh, many homes have been badly damaged by the earthquake forcing residents to spend a third night sleeping outside. FRANCE 24’s Alison Sargent and Léo Paichard explain. Read more on related topics:
Issued on: 11/09/2023 – 15:27Modified: 11/09/2023 – 15:29 03:06 © france24 Morocco’s most powerful earthquake since at least 1900 has killed at least 2,497 people, the state news agency said in its latest update of the human toll on Monday, with thousands more injured and many still missing. In a region not used to such powerful quakes, even concrete homes or buildings often lack anti-seismic design, experts said, leaving survivors and rescuers to sift through mounds of rubble with hardly any walls left, where homes once stood. FRANCE 24’s Shirli Sitbon tells us more. Read more on related topics:
Issued on: 11/09/2023 – 15:32Modified: 11/09/2023 – 15:36 01:36 Morocco has accepted aid from 4 countries, and a number of other nations have said they’re on standby to send assistance if requested. Rescuers from Britain and Spain are among those on the road. FRANCE 24’s Catherine Khedir-Clifford tells us more. Read more on related topics:
Deadly storm winds and heavy floods hit Libya over the past two days, with estimates of fatalities ranging from hundreds to thousands of people, senior officials said on Monday. Issued on: 11/09/2023 – 16:30Modified: 11/09/2023 – 22:50 3 min The head of Libya’s eastern government, Osama Hamad, said more than 2,000 people had died in the coastal city of Derna and thousands more were missing. The head of the Red Crescent aid group in the region said Derna’s toll was expected to hit 250.Hamad did not give a source for his data and Reuters was not able to verify the…