Most of the thousands of deaths in the Libya floods could have been avoided, the UN's World Meteorological Organization says

 Most Libya flood deaths could have been avoided - UN

1. Most of the thousands of deaths in the Libya floods could have been avoided, the UN's World Meteorological Organization says
   
   
   
2. Warnings should have been issued, leading to evacuations, "and we could have avoided most of the human casualties"
3. The mayor of the eastern city of Derna estimates between 18,000 and 20,000 people have died
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5. After two dams failed, whole neighbourhoods were swept away in the torrents
6. One person tells the BBC that one of the dams collapsing "sounded like an airstrike".
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