Why did Libya floods result in such a large loss of life?
The BBC:
- A Libyan politician says the country's deadly flooding was a disaster waiting to happen
- Guma El-Gamaty, head of the Taghyeer Party, says budgets to repair the dams were not allocated properly after Colonel Gaddafi was overthrown
- Most of the thousands of deaths in the Libya floods could have been avoided, the UN's World Meteorological Organization says
- Warnings should have been issued, leading to evacuations, "and we could have avoided most of the human casualties"
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