The ship is named after the U.S. Marine Corps victory against Tripoli at the Battle of Derna during the First Barbary War in 1805. U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered ...

A new study reveals that the devastating 2023 flood in Derna, Libya, was not merely the result of extreme rainfall but was drastically intensified by a major design shortcoming and its resulting ...

One year on, the images of the catastrophic deluge that swept through Libya's coastal city of Derna, killing thousands, linger in the memories of those who survived.

A year since two dams burst upstream from the eastern Libyan city of Derna, unleashing a wall of water that swept away thousands of people, its residents no longer hold out hope of finding many of ...

One year after a wall of water swept through eastern Libya's coastal city of Derna, killing thousands and causing devastation, reconstruction is under way but essential services are lacking, NGOs ...

With the Derna disaster anniversary approaching, new floods in Kufra, intensified by the climate crisis, have reignited people’s fears.

In April 1805, a major American victory came during the Derna campaign, which was undertaken by U.S. land forces in North Africa.

Video evidence shows evacuations being carried out among coastal communities in Derna, prompting many people to move inland — and into the path of the coming flood.

In Libya, it obliterated two dams above Derna, sweeping away the Libyan city, and drowning unknown thousands of people. The dams were built by Muammar Ghadaffi, who was born a goat-herder, near Derna.

Arriving in Derna just days after two burst dams had laid waste to much of the city, I felt like we were entering somebody’s nightmare. Broken roads were strewn with boulders swept down from the ...