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Fierce rainstorms are battering neighboring Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, causing at least five deaths ATHENS, Greece -- Fierce rain storms battered neighboring Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria on Tuesday, triggering flooding that caused at least five deaths, including two holidaymakers swept away by a torrent that raged through a campsite in northwestern Turkey. Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said four other people were missing after the flash flood swept over the campsite in Kirklareli province, near the border with Bulgaria. He said about 12 vacationers were at the site when the waters hit. Search teams had located two bodies, he said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “The search and rescue efforts for the missing (four) continue uninterrupted,” he added. Television footage showed rescuers carrying a young girl and an adult to safety from waters reaching waist-high in some areas. The rains also damaged and forced the closure of a main road, HaberTurk te...

More than 2,000 people are believed to have died in devastating floods in eastern Libya, the country's military spokesman said in a press conference. More than 2,000 people are believed to have died in devastating flood s in eastern Libya, the country's Military spokesman said in a press conference on Monday. Authorities have declared the city of Derna, the worst hit area, a disaster zone. Officials said the city has become inaccessible as electricity and communications have been cut off. The spokesman also said 1,200 people were injured in heavy floods in Derma. MORE: Morocco earthquake live updates: Over 2,800 killed in rare, powerful quake The cities of Al Marj, Susah, Shahat and Al Bayda also have several people who died, an official said. "Entire neighborhoods have been wiped out…with their residents," Libya's head of Military said. Mediterranean storm Daniel is behind the widespread flood ing in the North African nation as it swept away entire neighborh...

Officials are warning that a disease outbreak in Libya’s northeast, where floods have killed thousands, could create “a second devastating crisis” as adults and children fell ill from contaminated water DERNA, Libya -- Officials warned Monday that a disease outbreak in Libya's northeast, where flood s have killed thousands, could create “a second devastating crisis ” as adults and children fell ill from contaminated water. In a statement, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya said it was particularly concerned about water contamination and the lack of sanitation after two dams collapsed during Mediterranean storm Daniel, sending a wall of water gushing through the eastern city of Derna on Sept. 11. The death toll has varied, with government officials and aid agencies giving tallies ranging from about 4,000 to 11,000 dead. Nine U.N. agencies responding to the disaster are working to prevent diseases from taking hold and creating another crisis in the devasted country, which ...

At least 3,958 people have died and more than 9,000 others remain missing after devastating floods in eastern Libya, according to the United Nations. The United Nations has revised its death toll from disastrous floods in eastern Libya after conflicting information from different government officials and aid agencies -- a sign of the chaotic response on the ground in a divided country. As of Monday evening, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the number of fatalities was 3,958 and that more than 9,000 people remain missing. The Libyan Red Crescent previously reported that 11,300 people had died from the flooding in eastern Libya, and the U.N. was originally using that figure but changed course on Sunday to instead go with the World Health Organization's estimate of 3,958 deaths. MORE: Here's how to provide assistance to the flood victims in Libya A view of a flood -ravaged building in Derna, eastern Libya, on Sept. 18, 2023. Karim Sahib/AFP via Ge...

Climate change was one of the main factors that led to the catastrophic flooding in Libya, according to a new report. LONDON -- Climate change was one of the main factors that led to the catastrophic flood ing in Libya, according to a new report. World Weather Attribution (WWA), a collaboration of scientists from all over the globe, released a new report on Tuesday saying that human-caused climate change played a role in the devastating heavy rainfall event earlier this month in the Mediterranean. “Human-caused warming made the heavy rainfall up to 10 times more likely in Greece, Bulgaria and Türkiye and up to 50 times more likely in Libya, with building in flood plains, poor dam maintenance and other local factors turning the extreme weather into ahumanitarian disaster,” the statement said. MORE: Earth records hottest 3 months on record, greenhouse gases and sea levels hit highs While the WWA says that it is impossible to blame humans entirely as a direct cause of a natural disaste...

The United Nations’ top official in divided Libya has called for a unified mechanism to lead the reconstruction a coastal city that was wrecked by devastating floods last month CAIRO -- The United Nations’ top official in divided Libya on Monday called for a unified mechanism to lead the reconstruction of a coastal city that was wrecked by devastating floods last month. U.N. Special Envoy for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said in a statement that such a mechanism is required amid “unilateral and competing initiatives” by Libyan actors and institutions on the reconstruction of the Mediterranean city of Derna and other flood-impacted areas. Devastating rainfall and floods, triggered by Mediterranean Storm Danial, hit parts of eastern Libya last month. The floods overwhelmed two depleted dams outside Derna on Sep. 11, causing massive waters that washed away residential buildings to the sea and left as much as one-third of Derna’s housing and infrastructure damaged, according to the U.N.’s Offic...

Rescuers in India have found more bodies as they dug through slushy debris and ice-cold water in a hunt for survivors after a glacial lake burst through a dam GANGTOK, India -- GANGTOK, India (AP) — Rescuers found more bodies overnight as they dug through slushy debris and ice-cold water in a hunt for survivors after a glacial lake burst through a dam in India’s Himalayan northeast , washing away houses and bridges and forcing thousands to flee. Officials said the hundreds of rescuers recovered six more bodies early Saturday, bringing the death toll to 47. At least 150 people are still missing. The flood began shortly after midnight Wednesday, when the waters of a glacial lake overflowed, cracking open the biggest hydroelectric dam in Sikkim state. The icy waters then cascaded through towns in the valley below, where it killed scores of people and carried some bodies kilometers (miles) away downstream, where they were found in the neighboring state of West Bengal and Bangladesh, polic...

"ABC World News Tonight" anchor David Muir and his team traveled to South Sudan to report on yet another front line of the climate crisis. SOUTH SUDAN -- The water came in the night, rushing into her home. And as it covered everything she owned in her hometown of Niahldiu, Nyathak took her children through the waters to the shore, waiting to be rescued. Flooding during the rainy season is not uncommon here in South Sudan, but as the weeks and months passed without the waters receding, Nyathak -- like so many here -- made the decision to leave Niahldiu with her family in search of dry land. She said it took her six days to reach dry land -- almost 30 miles away in Bentiu, the seat of Unity State, where, for two years now, tens of thousands of people have come seeking dry shelter, medicine and food, as the flood water claims more and more communities and cuts off many others from supplies. "ABC World News Tonight" anchor David Muir and his team Travel ed to South Sud...