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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
National
Kim Makhlouf

YOU WONT BELIEVE: After libya flood unexploded weapons pose new risk - What They Never Told You

An anti-Gaddafi fighter shows an antitank mine defused by the group in Brega [File: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters]

Last week, Storm Daniel pounded Libya, wreaking havoc on the eastern city of Derna, where two neglected, ageing dams gave way upstream, unleashing an estimated 30 million cubic metres (8 billion gallons) of water, and obliterating entire neighbourhoods of the city, home to around 100,000 people.

But there could yet be a further deadly crisis, as humanitarian organisations issue a critical warning that the floods may have uncovered unexploded landmines and other weapons left behind from the country’s war.

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