Libya’s Storm Daniel could see unexploded WWII bombs emerge from Derna waters


Aid workers warned on Wednesday that Libya’s brutal and violent floods may unearth unexploded bombs and landmines from past conflicts in the wake of Storm Daniel and the collapse of two dams near the city of Derna.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that its teams were evaluating the risk posed to civilians and to relief and rescue teams from caches of unexploded ordnance and munitions from Libya’s recent civil war as well as from the Second World War bombs and mines that never detonated.

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Source: The News Arab